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Date:      Tue, 25 Apr 2006 22:09:52 +0200
From:      Francois Tigeot <ftigeot@wolfpond.org>
To:        JoaoBR <joao@matik.com.br>
Cc:        freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: mb recommendation
Message-ID:  <20060425200952.GA69092@aoi.wolfpond.org>
In-Reply-To: <200604251512.17206.joao@matik.com.br>
References:  <444DF001.7020305@jetnet.co.uk> <200604251007.27344.joao@matik.com.br> <20060425143059.GA67229@aoi.wolfpond.org> <200604251512.17206.joao@matik.com.br>

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On Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 03:12:15PM -0300, JoaoBR wrote:
> On Tuesday 25 April 2006 11:30, Francois Tigeot wrote:
> > On Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 10:07:27AM -0300, JoaoBR wrote:
> > > On Tuesday 25 April 2006 09:00, Francois Tigeot wrote:
> > > > Asus A8V-E-SE
> > >
> > > crashes under which condition?
> >
> > 4 GB of memory (4x1GB Kingston ECC) and the option to remap memory > 4GB
> > set to on in the BIOS.
> 
> You should try without the memory remap option

Without it, only 3GB of RAM are usable.

> On other boards I know this options make the kernel crash, seems that some 
> drivers are going to be allocated over 4GB and then they are not accessible

Every OS I tested was an amd64 one. Memory adresses > 4GB are not an
issue with them.

Besides, all other components (software and hardware) worked fine with
Supermicro and Tyan mainboards, so clearly the Asus A8V-E-SE is at fault
here.

-- 
Francois Tigeot



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