From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 19 00:36:14 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C55B16A4CE for ; Tue, 19 Oct 2004 00:36:14 +0000 (GMT) Received: from web53905.mail.yahoo.com (web53905.mail.yahoo.com [206.190.36.215]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6492143D3F for ; Tue, 19 Oct 2004 00:36:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from stheg_olloydson@yahoo.com) Message-ID: <20041019003607.46985.qmail@web53905.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [68.157.56.37] by web53905.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Mon, 18 Oct 2004 17:36:07 PDT Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 17:36:07 -0700 (PDT) From: stheg olloydson To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii cc: ITStaff@wmptl.com cc: ftigeot@wolfpond.org cc: lars.tunkrans@bredband.net Subject: Re: OT: Upgrade feasibility, to AMD64/5.x.x or to stay i386/4.9 on AMD64 hardware? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 00:36:14 -0000 it was said: >>>Here's what we're proposing for the new hardware: >>> >>>AMD Athlon64 - 3200+ (Socket 754 - I know, but it's cheap) >>>MSI K8T-FSR (VIA Chipset) >>>2048MB DDR400 Non-ECC RAM >> >> >>In my experience trying to put more than 1GB RAM in a socket-754 >>mainboard >>is asking for trouble. This type of board is incredibly picky about its >>memory, especially when using more than two DIMMs. > >Yes Toms hardware has an article on this: > >http://www6.tomshardware.com/motherboard/20040112/index.html > >They say that only 3 out of 10 of the socket 754 mainboards worked >with more than one DIMM. Hello, I have two servers running the MSI K8T. Both have 2 DDR400 ECC DIMMS from Kingston. I have not seen this issue. I wasn't even aware of it until now. I can't remember what the timings are, but they are whatever the manufacturer recommended - as I said, these are servers. But I do know that the BIOS date is either April or May, not 24OCT03 as in the article. Maybe it's been fixed in the MSI BIOS. While the information in the article is nine months old, therefore of questionable value today, it does give very good advice: Check your vendor's return policy. HTH, Stheg _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! http://vote.yahoo.com