[plug] spare RAM for PLUG ?

[Leon Wright]

On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 5:14 PM, Lee Standen <standen at staff.iinet.net.au> wrote:
> I don't know if it's the case for all servers, but DDR boards I've used capped out at 8GB because the chipsets / CPUs didn't support addressing more than that.

It was a 64 Bit system, so it should have been able to. The
motherboard manual said it would also. It was a proper Tyan Dual
Socket server motherboard, so not your average main board.

I'm assuming the ram just wasn't compatible with the stuff I already
had. I still see issues like that to this day.

>
> On 15/05/2012, at 8:11 PM, Leon Wright wrote:
> Well I have 2x 2GB Infineon DDR333 Ecc Registered memory sticks I can
> spare. I am sure I have more floating around somewhere, but currently
> my shed is in a bit of a mess. 6GB should be a reasonable start at
> least! I had enough memory for 12GB in my old server, but it wouldn't
> boot with all of it, but the sticks tested fine. So when I find it,
> I'll let you know!
>
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