mb recommendation

JoaoBR joao at matik.com.br
Tue Apr 25 20:30:42 UTC 2006


On Tuesday 25 April 2006 17:09, Francois Tigeot wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 03:12:15PM -0300, JoaoBR wrote:
> > On Tuesday 25 April 2006 11:30, Francois Tigeot wrote:
> > > On Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 10:07:27AM -0300, JoaoBR wrote:
> > > > On Tuesday 25 April 2006 09:00, Francois Tigeot wrote:
> > > > > Asus A8V-E-SE
> > > >
> > > > crashes under which condition?
> > >
> > > 4 GB of memory (4x1GB Kingston ECC) and the option to remap memory >
> > > 4GB set to on in the BIOS.
> >
> > You should try without the memory remap option
>
> Without it, only 3GB of RAM are usable.
>

more or less 3.5 - 3.7, yes

this is the southbridge limitation but your system does not crash anymore

> > On other boards I know this options make the kernel crash, seems that
> > some drivers are going to be allocated over 4GB and then they are not
> > accessible
>
> Every OS I tested was an amd64 one. Memory adresses > 4GB are not an
> issue with them.
>

this is not an OS problem but a driver problem if we can call it a problem

> Besides, all other components (software and hardware) worked fine with
> Supermicro and Tyan mainboards, so clearly the Asus A8V-E-SE is at fault
> here.

the memory hole setting is discussible but this is a normal issue on all MBs

but even with the memory remap option enabled you do not get access to 4GB of 
RAM


João







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