Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 14 Nov 2001 18:20:31 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 14 Nov 2001 18:20:22 -0500 Received: from 216-175-173-2.client.dsl.net ([216.175.173.2]:13300 "HELO mail.fdfl") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Wed, 14 Nov 2001 18:20:07 -0500 Message-ID: <3BF2FC25.2040108@frontierd-us.com> Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 18:20:05 -0500 From: Jelle Foks User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:0.9.5) Gecko/20011014 X-Accept-Language: en-us MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Dmitri Pogosyan Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: What Athlon chipset is most stable in Linux with 3 512MB DDR modules ? In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Dmitri Pogosyan wrote: >Since there is discussion of Athlon chipsets (and mainboards) and memory >is mentioned, could anybody advice me what chipset (or motherboard) >reliably supports 3 512 MB DDR modules (registered or unregistered, does >not matter) ? I need as much memory as possible :). > I have a XP1800+ in a Shuttle AK31 rev 3.1 board (KT266A chipset) with 4 Kingston non-ecc non-registered 512MB PC2100 (Infineon chips) modules running, working with all 2GB correctly with no errors on a 100+ hours run of memtest86 v2.7 (www.memtest86.com). The disadvantage is that it needs the BIOS RAM settings at almost the slowest (2T command rate) to pass. Also, I have another of the same configuration, but with 4 ECC Kingston 512MB PC2100, and that system passed a 10hour memtest86 2.7 run (did not try longer), albeit also only with the slow RAM settings. Both systems are happily running Linux 2.4.9 and 2.4.14 Cya, Jelle. > >People at the shop tried to put together for me MSI KT266 Pro2 >(Via KT266a chipset) with XP 1800+ Athlon and 1.5 GB memory in 3 512 >Mb modules (unregistered, non ECC, probably by Kingston) and this >configuration to pass memory stress tests they run (BIOS detects >1.5 Gb all right, and individual modules pass the test when used one by >one in any of 3 slots). > >Also I heard AMD761 also had problems with 3 high memory sticks, although >maybe not with registered one. (One mail order place refused to sell me >512 unregistered memory when I said I'll use it in Gigabyte motherboard >saying it will not work). > >I'm not sure Via KT266a supports registered memory, does it ? Manual to >MSI motherboard says 'unbuffered memory' support, but on the memory >test site from MSI there are examples >of registered modules they run, albeight only 3x 256 MB > > > Thanks in advance for advice, Dmitri > > > >- >To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in >the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org >More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/