Date: Fri, 9 Jan 1998 18:16:02 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: LS-120, Riva 128, ASUS motherboard Message-ID: <19980109181602.10780@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <199801090651.RAA00788@word.smith.net.au>; from Mike Smith on Fri, Jan 09, 1998 at 05:21:15PM %2B1030 References: <19980109172403.43038@lemis.com> <199801090651.RAA00788@word.smith.net.au>
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On Fri, Jan 09, 1998 at 05:21:15PM +1030, Mike Smith wrote: >> I've seen this claim before from numerous places, but they all refer >> to Tom's Hardware Guide. > > I did? Indirectly. You didn't name any source that didn't refer directly or indirectly to them. >> I've read the stuff there. What he says is >> that he can't see how the TX chipset can cache more than 64 MB without >> an external tag RAM, and that he can't see how to support the tag RAM. > > That sounds like a pretty good way to start. 8) Agreed. It doesn't >> I have a TX board (IWill P55XB2) with 96 MB and something on the board >> which looks like a tag RAM, but haven't got round to measuring it (or >> even finding something I can measure with). > > What makes it "look like a tag RAM"? It's long, thin, black, has legs, and is near the cache chips. Sure, it could be lots of other things, but I wasn't able to locate the part number. >> The board supports up to 256 MB, and nothing in the documentation >> refers to any cache limitation. I'd be very interested if somebody >> could come up with independent information. > > I would recommend Intel's website and the datasheets for the 430TX > chipset. URL? Yes, I know I'm lazy. But I have other things which I find more pressing. Greg
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