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Date:      Mon, 23 Nov 1998 10:44:55 -0600 (CST)
From:      "Open Systems Inc." <opsys@open-systems.net>
To:        Rob <rfleming@cc.weber.edu>
Cc:        Sam Pigg <sam@redbacknetworks.com>, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, smp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: tyan S1836DLUAN >512Mb problems
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.981123104423.22297C-100000@pinkfloyd.open-systems.net>
In-Reply-To: <36597523.1B3B1114@cc.weber.edu>

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On Mon, 23 Nov 1998, Rob wrote:

> > This motherboard uses the 440GX chipset, but another system with
> > a tyan S1832DL (440BX chipset) suffers from the same symptoms when
> > >512 megs of ram are installed.
> 
> The problem is not with the motherboard. Most of the mother boards that
> support SMP PII's have the same problem.  I was unable to locate where in
> the configs the problem comes from though.  I was testing dual PII 400
> when they were first avalible from Compaq with 1.0 gig of 256meg dimms.
> They are recognized fine by the bios but FreeBSD won't work with it.   I
> tested NT, Novell, and Sco all of which work although no where near as
> well and the system with 512meg and SMP FreeBSD.

Erm wasnt there a problem with the PII's with caching a gig of ram or
something? Perhaps this is the problem?

Chris

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