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Timothy Daniels
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kony
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 Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 12:26 am Post subject: Re: can SE440BX motherboard run 512MB DIMMs? |
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On Fri, 12 Jan 2007 09:54:16 -0800, "Timothy Daniels"
<TDaniels@NoSpamDot.com> wrote:
They can't use high density PC133 memory, so you're left
with 16 chips for 256MB. Supposedly Intel even spec'd
registered memory for configurations above 512MB, though
this might have only been on earlier boards, not the entire
chipset family.
If you had some spare 512MB modules and no other use you
might try them, the board may see half capacity of each and
use that much fine. I mean rather than letting them go to
waste and buying more memory instead if that were the other
alternative.
The max is 256MB per slot though, so anything more shouldn't
work at full capacity. |
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fwibbler
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| Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 12:27 am Post subject: Re: can SE440BX motherboard run 512MB DIMMs? |
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"Timothy Daniels" <TDaniels@NoSpamDot.com> wrote:
According to Crucial.com memory advisor, those boards can only accept a
maximum of 768MB RAM anyway (3x 256MB) so probably no.
Further research reveals that the Intel BX chipset supports a maximum of 1GB
RAM in total but since the largest DIMM size allowed is 256MB and most
boards of that time only had 3 slots, they were limited to 768MB.
Cheers!
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Graham
Website - http://www.thedeathzone.free-online.co.uk |
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Timothy Daniels
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| Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 12:28 am Post subject: Re: can SE440BX motherboard run 512MB DIMMs? |
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"fwibbler" wrote:
| Quote: | "Timothy Daniels" wrote:
Intel says their SE440BX and SE440BX-2 motherboards support 256MB DIMMs
"at this time" - which was in May, 2004. See:
http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/se440bx/sb/cs-011844.htm
Is there any reason why they couldn't support 512MB or 1GB DIMMs now?
Hi,
According to Crucial.com memory advisor, those boards can only accept a
maximum of 768MB RAM anyway (3x 256MB) so probably no.
Further research reveals that the Intel BX chipset supports a maximum of
1GB RAM in total but since the largest DIMM size allowed is 256MB and
most boards of that time only had 3 slots, they were limited to 768MB.
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Yup, I've done that checking, too. I've also checked the Dell specs
on their Dimension model which used that motherboard. Dell says the
max is (3) 128MB DIMMs. The manufacturers and OEMs specify
only what they have tested. But 256MB DIMMs weren't available
at the time of Dells testing - thus the stated limitations. And 512MB
DIMMs weren't available at the time of Intel's testing. I know that the
Dell model can support 256MB DIMMs, contrary to Dell's limitation,
and now I wonder about the 512MB limitation stated by Intel. Recall
that they stated "at this time" in May, 2004. If there is no 256MB
limitation, and given that the Intel motherboard specs say that the
DIMMs need not be of the same size or speed, 2 or 3 DIMMs could
still amount to 1GB of RAM, the max spec'd for the chipset.
*TimDaniels* |
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Timothy Daniels
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| Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 3:06 am Post subject: Re: can SE440BX motherboard run 512MB DIMMs? |
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"kornball" continues his weaseling:
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The serious flaw is that they're not keeping track of which
board was in which system and no basing the recommendation
upon that. A database for system X should include that it
uses board Y, returning the same search results as if you'd
searched for board Y in the first place.
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So how is Crucial supposed to keep track of which board
is in which OEM system? For all Crucial knows, several
boards may have been used, and each of them may have
been customized. All it can go by is what the various OEMs
publish. Your assumption is just plain stupid.
*TimDaniels* |
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