From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed May 4 03:20:10 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49D8CB2C834 for ; Wed, 4 May 2016 03:20:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bourne.identity@hotmail.com) Received: from BLU004-OMC4S11.hotmail.com (blu004-omc4s11.hotmail.com [65.55.111.150]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "*.outlook.com", Issuer "Microsoft IT SSL SHA2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 01B171C6E for ; Wed, 4 May 2016 03:20:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bourne.identity@hotmail.com) Received: from BLU437-SMTP102 ([65.55.111.136]) by BLU004-OMC4S11.hotmail.com over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(7.5.7601.23008); Tue, 3 May 2016 20:19:01 -0700 X-TMN: [JjQX9Svr2vrzuOoqDz9KeEiy4hxcCrnD] X-Originating-Email: [bourne.identity@hotmail.com] Message-ID: Subject: Re: Is 10.3 i386 jinxed ? To: Warren Block References: <20160430084415.03be443d.freebsd@edvax.de> <5724604D.3020804@hotmail.com> <20160430203426.a9d5841b.freebsd@edvax.de> <5725CF38.4090007@hotmail.com> <572752E2.2040708@hotmail.com> <20160503181839.2aacad7e.freebsd@edvax.de> CC: Polytropon , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu From: Manish Jain Date: Wed, 4 May 2016 08:47:57 +0530 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.7.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 04 May 2016 03:18:59.0772 (UTC) FILETIME=[B361DFC0:01D1A5B3] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 04 May 2016 03:20:10 -0000 On 05/04/16 07:42, Warren Block wrote: > On Wed, 4 May 2016, Manish Jain wrote: > >> >> On 05/04/16 01:12, Warren Block wrote: >>> On Tue, 3 May 2016, Manish Jain wrote: >>> >>>> Is there any way I can find out whether the video RAM is part of >>>> the main memory or is it wired into a chip ? >>> >>> If it has an Intel GPU only, then video RAM is from system RAM. If >>> it has an additional Nvidia or ATI/AMD GPU... it still probably uses >>> the main RAM. >>> >>> If it has an additional GPU that is truly discrete, that could have >>> its own RAM. >>> >>> So "does it have a second GPU?" is the first question. Posting the >>> exact model number might help answer that. >>> >>> >> >> The laptop is a Gateway NE56R. Looks to like it has dedicated chip >> for video RAM. You can look up this URL : >> https://panam.gateway.com/s/notebook/2012/Gateway/NE/NE56R/NE56Rsp2.shtml > > But that link shows how many variations there are of that one model. > The exact model number should be printed on the system itself, > probably on the bottom or in the battery compartment. Like a lot of > other manufacturers, Gateway used to use an additional code after the > main model number to identify the specific version. A quick search > shows there are NE56R10u, NE56R20u, NE56R27u, and so on. > What is printed underneath is NE56R14l-B9502G32Mnks I can't be sure whether the l is actually l or I or 1 Regards Manish Jain