Stephen Powell <zlinux...@wowway.com> writes: > On Mon, 27 Aug 2012 01:42:54 -0400 (EDT), Stan Hoeppner wrote: >> Stephen Powell wrote: >>> I know enough to be dangerous, but not >>> always enough to be competent. That's why I opened this thread >>> in the first place. >> >> In this case the solution is as simple as downloading and reading the >> manual for your board: http://ph.academicdirect.ro/ISB_SE7500CW2.pdf >> >> The memory specs are on page 17. > > Stan, you are a wealth of information. I didn't search for the motherboard > manual because, for some reason, I didn't think they were published online. > Maybe I did an extensive search in the past for a motherboard or chipset > manual and found nothing; so I already had it in my head that such things > weren't available. But in this case I am happy to be proved wrong. > > By the way, there's something I don't understand. A 32-bit processor can > only access 4G of "real" (extended) memory, right? So why are there > motherboards available for 32-bit processors that support installing > more than 4G of RAM? What good is memory that the processor can't address?
There's been a "Physical Address Extension" for 32-bit x86 systems for a while now, which supports more than 32 bits of physical address. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1b1uirakdd....@pfeifferfamily.net
