Hello Adolf, If the Prime appliance is not suitable for testing any more, I am sure we can find you something else.
What would you need? -Michael > On 5 Jun 2025, at 10:42, Adolf Belka <adolf.be...@ipfire.org> wrote: > > Hi, > > On 04/06/2025 20:25, Tim Zakharov wrote: >> Adolf, >> If you have access to a 4GB DDR3 SODIMM (even if you temporarily grab one >> from an old laptop or borrow from a colleague), you could try installing it. >> I wouldn't be surprised if the system booted up and either supported the >> full 4GB or limited it to 2.44GB, but worked nonetheless. It won't hurt >> anything to try. Worst case, the system does not power up until you replace >> the original SODIMM. > > Thanks for the suggestions Tim. Unfortunately didn't help. My oldest laptop > turns out to have DDR2 and the SODIMM's are 2GB anyway. > My newest laptop has DDR4, so not usable. > My netbook does have DDR3 but with only a 2GB SODIMM. > >> Tim >> On 6/4/2025 1:18 PM, Michael Tremer wrote: >>> Hello Adolf, >>> >>> Hmm, this might be difficult. I remember that this processor was a little >>> bit limited in how much RAM it supports. >>> >>> However, the Intel Ark says max. 2.44 GiB >>> (https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/58916/intel-atom-processor-n2600-1m-cache-1-6-ghz/specifications.html). >>> >>> I am not sure how to put this in, but generally that seems to be not much >>> higher than two. > > I think you are right. > > I am only using it as a Testing evaluation system and as a system to do bug > development work on. > > So I think I will just have to accept that the memory might be used up a lot > and periodically it might go into swap use. I can live with that. > > Regards, > Adolf. > >>> >>> Best, >>> -Michael >>> >>>> On 3 Jun 2025, at 20:15, Adolf Belka <adolf.be...@ipfire.org> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Arne and everyone, >>>> >>>> In the monthly conf call I forgot to ask this question. >>>> >>>> I have an old IPFire Prime system which has a 2GB sodimm memory card >>>> installed. The memory is very close to fully utilised so that periodically >>>> the swap space gets used for memory. >>>> >>>> I would like to buy some larger memory for it but I need to know if I can >>>> use 8GB cards with it or if it is limited to 4GB as the largest memory >>>> size that is usable (or worst case, that I have to stay with the 2GB card >>>> if that is the biggest supported). >>>> >>>> Anyone know what the max ram memory that can be supported by the Prime >>>> systems is? >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Adolf. >>>> >>> > >
