From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Jan 11 13:34:17 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 24F76E61C09 for ; Thu, 11 Jan 2018 13:34:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aryeh.friedman@gmail.com) Received: from mail-it0-x22f.google.com (mail-it0-x22f.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c0b::22f]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 85F317057E for ; Thu, 11 Jan 2018 13:34:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aryeh.friedman@gmail.com) Received: by mail-it0-x22f.google.com with SMTP id r6so4317213itr.3 for ; Thu, 11 Jan 2018 05:34:10 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=ssuhyS84KP2HC+pY6LKRL2JnYWj/tz65TaF5PIB0aHA=; b=ALRt2OwUUay74PX5tOSthiaJLNfb4cNcFcOX0yksF9W4YzqxQNHgXTGb9XvOqIb/wk RvatBsKKPH+/YDm1NRijiUuVfZRIYk4kW5TITY0PZvxrcqh/FisvsUJNdgiKoYimJus/ Bl3QOUegzdf5/FQlVBVAk5F04iB5VMbcewrDgOLa56BB/83ob5E3vNMn3rqbEzpL2XVo dzBeWpuuNkTVdirZPI0epekj5RfJv0n7nFWFD3CYqn/MMKoLNSF9IeSiiebeAM0SaZUl A60qqgWWJtAqX2UkhZnNn1ucsYVJB+LpG6Btv5GIxjuhSKMv7fOnZL0yUMcs1fPiZfB8 Tg6Q== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=ssuhyS84KP2HC+pY6LKRL2JnYWj/tz65TaF5PIB0aHA=; b=EqWRsdvs0umXS89u2CtkjNY4vsIc5CBeO+GMDPZkWq2IYER+q8oIv1TvNXUdfEqzY0 yRw4Ich8f0MDnwASORBfhi9rE9lDzddqVRes92Iz6z4WAiBOoz2EqQ5m26fX4XLqdYQI dKjcLq17KqWPMGcG0mgyvivsuhTWy96UtSLZZuG5J0ROW24RrELCEUGNQW5WWbW1XPJ8 T85Zk03jATagl6hToE2wR4DY7dd/jgCOc7Pm9YT5DyO2+LE/g6at/agwNP9jPmTjRSsh TWyGt0UpvkSGdQWdWVfvU89NDbdAOefnpBNz7/ylucdalUn07ZhsbKOX8whlQdUJMJd0 ErvA== X-Gm-Message-State: AKwxytec1D/TWdfweV7XUaIZa1VdZOCCEhofezza77IH0uFalcmSUwqJ HnK7bJaXrUnw9w2nKYXp809Erjeic4G7XizYnOy+gg== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ACJfBotElDLR64sCor0PywkFSAw1DfetKJzYd/M2dhtKhkzAqS+Im4GF2DrLogp3MUBEFTku2ZwpAEe/SV8DtM8XVL4= X-Received: by 10.36.37.209 with SMTP id g200mr1355908itg.152.1515677647368; Thu, 11 Jan 2018 05:34:07 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.36.105.3 with HTTP; Thu, 11 Jan 2018 05:34:06 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <0bce5e82-97ba-0a73-e261-c91473837737@googlemail.com> References: <0bce5e82-97ba-0a73-e261-c91473837737@googlemail.com> From: Aryeh Friedman Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 08:34:06 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 709, Issue 5 To: Dave B Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.25 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 13:34:17 -0000 On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 7:14 AM, Dave B via freebsd-questions < freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> wrote: > That I suspect depends on how many physical address lines are available > for it via the memory management system. > > If the PC documentation says 8G is the max', then that is probably all > that'll be seen by the CPU, even if there is 16G installed. > > There is only one way to find out for sure, at your expense. > > Personally, I doubt it, and the info at > https://support.hp.com/gb-en/document/c03363664 says it wont. > I have bought the memory (I can use it in an other machine worst comes to worst) have not installed it yet but in doing deeper research I got a even stranger disagreement between what it appears the machine can physically handle and what the manual says. Output of sysutils/dmidecode: Handle 0x000A, DMI type 16, 23 bytes Physical Memory Array Location: System Board Or Motherboard Use: System Memory Error Correction Type: None Maximum Capacity: 128 GB Error Information Handle: Not Provided Number Of Devices: 2 Handle 0x000C, DMI type 17, 34 bytes Memory Device Array Handle: 0x000A Error Information Handle: Not Provided Total Width: 64 bits Data Width: 64 bits Size: 4096 MB Form Factor: DIMM Set: None Locator: A1_DIMM0 Bank Locator: A1_BANK0 Type: DDR3 Type Detail: Synchronous Speed: 1333 MT/s Manufacturer: Samsung Serial Number: 938D8E07 Asset Tag: A1_AssetTagNum0 Part Number: M378B5273CH0-CH9 Rank: 2 Configured Clock Speed: 667 MT/s Handle 0x000E, DMI type 17, 34 bytes Memory Device Array Handle: 0x000A Error Information Handle: Not Provided Total Width: 64 bits Data Width: 64 bits Size: 4096 MB Form Factor: DIMM Set: None Locator: A1_DIMM1 Bank Locator: A1_BANK1 Type: DDR3 Type Detail: Synchronous Speed: 1333 MT/s Manufacturer: Samsung Serial Number: 938D8C71 Asset Tag: A1_AssetTagNum1 Part Number: M378B5273CH0-CH9 Rank: 2 Configured Clock Speed: 667 MT/s -- Aryeh M. Friedman, Lead Developer, http://www.PetiteCloud.org