On Monday 27 January 2003 08:27 am, robin wrote: > et wrote: > >just so you know, "virtual memory" means different things to differnet > > people and different OSs, so if you are reading about cpu registers and > > mem pages, that is one thing, but the way M$ products handle memory is so > > different from other OSs and in some books the wording looks as if the M$ > > way of looking at memory is _the_ way. > > On the subject of memory, would converting a Celeron box to Linux bypass > the problem that Celeron chips in Windows canonly utilise a certain > amount of memory? We have a Celeron with 32MB of RAM, and have been > told there is no point in adding RAM because the chip wouldn't be able > to access it. > > Sir Robin
Say WHAT? My neighbor's old Celeron 366 MHZ box that his son uses had 64 MB of RAM when he bought it back in '98. It now runs 192 MB since I had a spare 128 MB stick of PC 100 lying around here. I plugged it in when I was there to set up their internet connection sharing. BTW 192 MB seems to be "the sweet spot" for Windows 98 SE. If there is such a thing. Both boxes dual boot Mandrake with Windows. The aforementioned 98 SE on one, XP Pro on the other. The question isn't how much memory will the processor utilize, it's how much have you got, and how much will the motherboard's chipset address. My old reliable BX6 Rev2 (ABit) was once able to use all 4 memory slots (256 MB each max) but seems not to like using more than two now. It's old. Other things lead me to believe that a re-flash of the BIOS may correct this problem but I won't until I can gather the components to build a new box to my liking. As long as the board manufacturer has certified that the board will use xxx amount of RAM the processor will use whatever that maximum is usually. The OS on the other hand.... I'd check the MB's manufacturer for information before I believe that kind of statement Robin. Regards; -- Charlie Edmonton,AB,Canada Registered user 244963 http://counter.li.org Schshschshchsch. -- The Gorn, "Arena", stardate 3046.2
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