I'm confused by conflicting rumors about VIA 686B chipset:
- some people can get only 3 x DIMM working at PC-133.
- others report that all 4 x DIMM are working at PC-133.
It's interesting to note that specs for
- Tyan's motherboards say support for only 3 x DIMM at PC-133,
- Abit's motherboards say support for all 4 x DIMM at PC-133,
But, they both use same VIA 694X/686B chipsets.
Which is correct?
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William Park, Open Geometry Consulting, <[email protected]>.
8 CPU cluster, NAS, (Slackware) Linux, Python, LaTeX, Vim, Mutt, Tin
> I'm confused by conflicting rumors about VIA 686B chipset:
> - some people can get only 3 x DIMM working at PC-133.
> - others report that all 4 x DIMM are working at PC-133.
First of all:
This is offtopic for the ___linux kernel___ mailing list.
Nevertheless:
VIA686B is the southbridge and has no memory controller.
The VIA694X-northbridge has 6 memory banks.
if the 3rd and 4th module are single sided its ok.
If the 3rd module is double sided you cannot plugin a 4th module.
On Fri, Nov 23, 2001 at 10:43:20AM +0100, Christian Borntr?ger wrote:
> > I'm confused by conflicting rumors about VIA 686B chipset:
> > - some people can get only 3 x DIMM working at PC-133.
> > - others report that all 4 x DIMM are working at PC-133.
>
> First of all:
> This is offtopic for the ___linux kernel___ mailing list.
I tried *.abit, *.asus, *.tyan, *.linux.hardware newsgroups, but got
nowhere. This was my last resort.
>
> Nevertheless:
> VIA686B is the southbridge and has no memory controller.
> The VIA694X-northbridge has 6 memory banks.
>
> if the 3rd and 4th module are single sided its ok.
> If the 3rd module is double sided you cannot plugin a 4th module.
Thanks!
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William Park, Open Geometry Consulting, <[email protected]>.
8 CPU cluster, NAS, (Slackware) Linux, Python, LaTeX, Vim, Mutt, Tin