From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 20 Sep 2001 02:58:30 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 20 Sep 2001 02:58:10 -0400 Received: from johnsl.lnk.telstra.net ([139.130.12.152]:44050 "HELO ns.higherplane.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Thu, 20 Sep 2001 02:57:57 -0400 Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 16:57:46 +1000 From: john slee To: Luigi Genoni Cc: Petr Vandrovec , Liakakis Kostas , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Re[2]: [PATCH] Athlon bug stomper. Pls apply. Message-ID: <20010920165746.G16408@higherplane.net> In-Reply-To: <3E975341CB7@vcnet.vc.cvut.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.20i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Sep 20, 2001 at 01:07:29AM +0200, Luigi Genoni wrote: > Just to add a curiosity. Abit KT7A MBs do not accept all 256 MB modules. > with some of them they do see just 128 MB, and anyway systems are stable, > but of course systems managers get unhappy. > This should be because of modules density... bx chipsets have a limitation of 128mb per bank for non-registered dimms afaik. ie. 256mb dimms that are two-bank will work as expected, and 256mb dimms that are one-bank will be seen as 128mb. generally two-bank 256mb dimms have chips on both sides of the module, whereas one-bank jobbies have it on one side... found this out the expensive way :-( of course this isnt relevant to abit kt7 boards but it does sound very similar. j. -- R N G G "Well, there it goes again... And we just sit I G G G here without opposable thumbs." -- gary larson