Date: Thu, 08 Jan 1998 09:17:44 -0800 From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" <michaelv@MindBender.serv.net> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: The Classiest Man Alive <ksmm@cybercom.net>, hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: LS-120, Riva 128, ASUS motherboard Message-ID: <199801081717.JAA18735@MindBender.serv.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of Thu, 08 Jan 98 21:43:29 %2B1030. <199801081113.VAA00252@word.smith.net.au>
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>> >> Does anyone know if anything special needs to be done to get the ASUS
>> >> P2L97 to work with more than 64 MB of RAM (BIOS settings, switches,
>> >> anything)?
>> >If this is a VX or TX board, forget it.
>> Sheesh, is is that bad? Actually I think that this is an LX board (if
>> that's even one of the choices). What's the technical reason that VX/TX
>> boards can't have more than 64 MB?
>They can, they just won't cache it. If you're on an LX you're using a
>PII, and you can ignore the above.
Actually, I believe the Pentium II (not the LX chipset) has a similar
limit, except I think it stops caching at 256MB, if I'm not mistaken.
The Pentium Pro doesn't have this limit, and the new 100MHz bus
Pentium IIs won't either.
As someone else mentioned, Tom's Hardware Guide is one good place to
go for this info. You can also go straight to Intel, though it would
probably take some digging.
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