From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Jan 8 23:46:21 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id XAA25391 for hardware-outgoing; Thu, 8 Jan 1998 23:46:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id XAA25377 for ; Thu, 8 Jan 1998 23:46:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA28421; Fri, 9 Jan 1998 18:16:03 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id SAA06281; Fri, 9 Jan 1998 18:16:02 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19980109181602.10780@lemis.com> Date: Fri, 9 Jan 1998 18:16:02 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Mike Smith Cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: LS-120, Riva 128, ASUS motherboard References: <19980109172403.43038@lemis.com> <199801090651.RAA00788@word.smith.net.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84e In-Reply-To: <199801090651.RAA00788@word.smith.net.au>; from Mike Smith on Fri, Jan 09, 1998 at 05:21:15PM +1030 Organisation: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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