[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > >> Quoting Corey Osgood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >> >>> Uwe Hermann wrote: >>> >>>>>> Currently it seems I am not able to install anything bigger then >>>>>> 256 MB ram, >>>>>> would a bios upgrade change this ? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>> Depends on where the limitation comes from. If the proprietary BIOS >>>> simply doesn't support more RAM, then maybe. >>>> >>>> If your northbridge/chipset doesn't support more RAM (didn't check), >>>> then you're out of luck -- no BIOS will help you in that case. >>>> >>> On the i815 chipset, the limit for ram is 512MB. I can only assume >>> this to be the same for the i810, since the i815 is extremely >>> similar. You should probably grab the i810's docs off intel.com, >>> they should say in the first few pages if there's as limit and what >>> it is. >>> >>> -Corey >>> >>> >> Correct me if I am wrong, i810 supports 512MB PC100 with a FSB of 100Mhz, >> i810E supports 512MB PC133 with a FSB of 100Mhz, and i815 supports >> 512MB PC133 with a FSB of 133Mhz, and then we have my baby the 830M >> which is a mobile cross breede betwwen a i815 and i845 chipset and it >> supports 1024MB PC133 with a FSB of 133Mhz. >> >> Thanks - Joe >> >> > > Also, does it matter in LinuxBios how many DIMM slots you have?? I > know in normal bios's there is a max per channel. For example on an > i810 with two DIMM slots it would be able to support 256MB max per > channel or slot. If you only had one slot you could could only have > 256MB. Is this determined by the bios or chipset? > > Thanks - Joe > > I don't think this is a problem for the i810/i815, although I suppose it could be some board-specific thing. My D815EEA has 4 dimm slots, and I only have 1 512MB PC133 DIMM in it. Adding any more memory gives an error in the BIOS that it can't initialize the extra ram. I have heard of/seen this on other chipsets/boards, although I don't remember what they were off the top of my head, it was too long ago and I don't think I have them any more.
As far as the i810E supporting 512MB of [EMAIL PROTECTED], that' doesn't even make sense. PC133 should be backwards compatible with PC100 , so supporting PC100 would have meant it also supported PC133 (just not at full speed), and vice versa. However, you are indeed correct on the i815's memory support. -Corey -- linuxbios mailing list [email protected] http://www.openbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
