From owner-freebsd-hardware Sun Sep 20 18:00:56 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA18451 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Sun, 20 Sep 1998 18:00:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from tasam.com (tasam.com [198.232.144.22]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA18429 for ; Sun, 20 Sep 1998 18:00:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from clash@tasam.com) Received: from bug (bug.tasam.com [198.232.144.254]) by tasam.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) with SMTP id UAA21235; Sun, 20 Sep 1998 20:59:34 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <001a01bde4fb$17dff780$f10408d1@bug.tasam.com> From: "Joe Gleason" To: "Mike Smith" Cc: Subject: Re: over 512 megs memory problems... Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 20:59:26 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.2110.0 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Sorry for not mentioning the details. It seems I get stupider the more frusterated with the problem. ;-) We are using a single PII 233 on a Tyan S1632DL (BX Chipset). Am I to understand that a newer processor (>333mhz) will solve this problem? Joe Gleason Tasam >> That makes sense, do you know of a motherboard that can cache more than >> 512mb? >> >> I just looked in my motherboard manual and it says that it is the L2 cache >> on the processor that does the caching so the board has none. So should I >> look for a board that has it's own L2 cache as well? > >It would have helped a *lot* if you had identified your processor/ >chipset combination in your original post. I don't quite understand >whether you expect us to magically read your mind or to work out where >you're posting from, travel there, break in and examine your hardware >for you while you sleep. > >With the miniscule crumbs of information that you've let slip so far, >it seems that you're using a Pentium II of the < 350MHz variety, and >yes, the 512MB cache limitation is a feature of the processor. > >> We will be replacing that board anyways because it was doing other >> annoying things. > >Smoking in bed? >-- >\\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith >\\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au >\\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org >\\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message