[ale] amd processors and memory

[Dennany, Jerome {D177~Roswell}]

Perhaps it was something that happened at installation?  


Here's an example:


http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=u3st8ffd78es3e%40corp.supernews.com



Jerry


-----Original Message-----
From: Geoffrey [mailto:esoteric at 3times25.net]
To: ale at ale.org
Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 7:03 AM
To: ALE
Subject: Re: [ale] amd processors and memory



Joseph A Knapka wrote:
> Geoffrey wrote:
>
>> Good news is, I've got everything on this k7s5a mb working now.  The
>> sound pretty well sucks though, so I'll be getting a decent sound card
>> in the future.
>>
>> This mb has both ddr and pc100/133 memory slots, one of the main reasons
>>   I chose it.  Anyway, nothing in the manual or on the website about
>> memory configuration.  I know I can't mix ddr and pc133, but what I'm
>> trying to do (and it's not working) is put a 256mb and 128mb stick in
>> together.  Do they have to be the same size?
>>
>> When I put them both in, the bios reports 512, an obvious problem.
>
>
> What happens during the power-up memory test?


The bios shows 512mb of memory, so the bios is not correct.


>
> Anyway, you might get away with telling LILO to
> append="mem=384M".


I might give that a try later, although I'd be concerned with how it
addresses the memory.


Are there others who have athlon boards with memory of different sizes
working?


>
> Cheers,
>
> -- Joe
>
>
>
>


--
Until later: Geoffrey           esoteric at 3times25.net


I didn't have to buy my radio from a specific company to listen
to FM, why doesn't that apply to the Internet (anymore...)?



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