Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 20:59:26 -0400 From: "Joe Gleason" <clash@tasam.com> To: "Mike Smith" <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: <freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: over 512 megs memory problems... Message-ID: <001a01bde4fb$17dff780$f10408d1@bug.tasam.com>
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Sorry for not mentioning the details. It seems I get stupider the more frusterated with the problem. ;-) We are using a single PII 233 on a Tyan S1632DL (BX Chipset). Am I to understand that a newer processor (>333mhz) will solve this problem? Joe Gleason Tasam >> That makes sense, do you know of a motherboard that can cache more than >> 512mb? >> >> I just looked in my motherboard manual and it says that it is the L2 cache >> on the processor that does the caching so the board has none. So should I >> look for a board that has it's own L2 cache as well? > >It would have helped a *lot* if you had identified your processor/ >chipset combination in your original post. I don't quite understand >whether you expect us to magically read your mind or to work out where >you're posting from, travel there, break in and examine your hardware >for you while you sleep. > >With the miniscule crumbs of information that you've let slip so far, >it seems that you're using a Pentium II of the < 350MHz variety, and >yes, the 512MB cache limitation is a feature of the processor. > >> We will be replacing that board anyways because it was doing other >> annoying things. > >Smoking in bed? >-- >\\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith >\\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au >\\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org >\\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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