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On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 9:16 PM, Slim Joe <[email protected]> wrote: > According to the manual, my motherboard supports a maximum memory of > 8GB. There are four RAM slots. Simple mathematics tells me that 8GB / > 4 RAM slots = 2GB, meaning I am safe installing 2GB RAM modules. yes. > My question is, is the maximum amount of memory a logical or physical > limit? Is this limit set by the chipset, BIOS or OS? As you have noted, the combination of chipset, bios and OS must align to so that you can use the maximum memory. Case in point, have 4Gb of total memory. My mobo can only see 3Gb. Updating the bios, it can now see 4Gb of memory. > Can I install two > 4GB memory modules into the motherboard, since 4GB * 2 = 8GB? Yes... as long as the motherboard manual says you can. > Related > to this, what would happen if I install four 4GB memory modules? Will > Linux recognize the memory modules up to the supposed maximum or will > the computer fail to boot in the first place? I don't know... have not tried that. Again, you are beyond the hardware specs, and even if it works, is it worth the risk of possible issues that you may encounter like possible data loss? > P.S. I don't have money at the moment to test my theories. So I would > appreciate a real world report from someone who has actually installed > more RAM than the upper limit defined by the motherboard manufacturer. I think you should go with the mobo specs. Another case in point. Have a socket 939 mobo where the manufacturer says that it does not support opterons. Since I have an Opteron 939, I said i'll still go for it. It did work. But a couple issues crept up after a few days. Notably was frequency control and consequently, the CPU was heating up. And the benchmarks has shown that the CPU to be actually slower in this specific mobo. _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
