Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 05:27:25 -0300 From: JoaoBR <joao@matik.com.br> To: "O. Hartmann" <ohartman@uni-mainz.de> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AMD 64 stability Message-ID: <200602240527.25483.joao@matik.com.br> In-Reply-To: <43FEBD8C.4010602@uni-mainz.de> References: <43FCEF9C.5050308@bluelight.org.uk> <200602240455.07500.joao@matik.com.br> <43FEBD8C.4010602@uni-mainz.de>
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On Friday 24 February 2006 05:02, O. Hartmann wrote: > > Isn't it an issue of the capabilities of the use technique of memory > sticks? If electrical basics are given for driving a lot of memory, a > mainboard capable of driving 32 GB RAM should be able to run 64 GB RAM > when the appropriate double sized memory sticks get available. > So this questions can not be answered neither from only the point of > view of the processor nor from only the electrical layout of the mainboard. > > In most cases, speaking of Opterons (Socket240), the electrical load is > the limiting factor, not the CPU, so the design of the mainboard AND of > the memory sticks are relevant. > I don't know if this would work but if the manufactor says the board supports 2GB or whatever modules per slot then we should believe this trying to put bigger ones in would be a wast of time I guess, most boards would not even boot with incorrect memory modules Joćo A mensagem foi scaneada pelo sistema de e-mail e pode ser considerada segura. Service fornecido pelo Datacenter Matik https://datacenter.matik.com.brhome | help
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