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11/19/97-i440LX-SMC67x-2A69JSWAC-00
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2003 9:04 am
by FrenchUser
BIOS Type: Award Modular BIOS v4.51PG
BIOS ID: 11/19/97-i440LX-SMC67x-2A69JSWAC-00
BIOS Eval: P6ALXA Ver:C
Chipset: Intel 440LX
hello,
i've got a 512MB memory but , it 's only recognised as a 128mb on the board
i've seen in the manual that the max total memory is 512mb and only 128mb by slot...
is it possible to bypass this limitation ?
thanks a lot
FrenchUser
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2003 2:24 pm
by soupy
The 512MB chip will never be fully recognized. The LX chipset, IIRC, support a max 64 Mbit memory density.
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2003 3:50 pm
by Denniss
It supports 128MBit memory density
256MByte : double sided stick with 16 memory chips and 16x8 internal organisation
128MByte : single sided stick with 8 chips and 16x8 or double sided with 16 chips
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2003 5:48 pm
by FrenchUser
soupy wrote:The 512MB chip will never be fully recognized. The LX chipset, IIRC, support a max 64 Mbit memory density.
oky but if i can use 256mb instead of 128mb ...
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2003 5:50 pm
by FrenchUser
Denniss wrote:It supports 128MBit memory density
256MB : double sided stick with 16 memory chips and 16x8 internal organisation
128MB : single sided stick with 8 chips and 16x8 or double sided with 16 chips
my 512MB is double sided with many chips, but i don't know how many ...
i will count the number of chips at home
then no modification of the bios is possible ?
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2003 7:03 pm
by soupy
Denniss wrote:It supports 128MBit memory density
256MB : double sided stick with 16 memory chips and 16x8 internal organisation
128MB : single sided stick with 8 chips and 16x8 or double sided with 16 chips
Damn, the website lied to me.
http://users.erols.com/chare/chipsets.htm
In this case, though, he may be limited to 128MB sticks. According to Intel, the 440LX supports a total of 512MB; since this board has 4 slots, he could really be limited to 128MB in each slot.
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2003 8:44 pm
by FrenchUser
1GB E
512MB S
what does this mean ? E and S
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2003 8:46 pm
by soupy
EDO
SDRAM
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2003 9:33 pm
by FrenchUser
then no way to use more the 128mb on my 512MB
and if i only use one or two slot ?
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2003 11:13 pm
by Denniss
No problem using 256MByte sticks on i430TX or i440 chipset series from Intel unless you use the special sticks i mentioned
The 512MB stick reading as 128MB might be a DS with 16 chips but wrong internal organisation thus capacity is quartered
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2003 12:42 am
by FrenchUser
oky thanks a lot
