re: 512 MB sdram vs. MB Chipset BIOS
Thursday, June 11, 2009 at 10:30 am
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Kiwi
(2210 messages posted)
I ran across something I considered rather odd / strange recently, reading the manual
for a SOYO SY5-EMA+ motherboard. It only has the 168 pin older single rate DIMM
slots (three of those), but there was reference to a dual channel efficiency situation.
That surprised me, but it's not something I was concerned with, and I didn't make
a note of where in the (PDF) manual I saw it.
I say "unconcerned", because it's a platform for some early W9x game titles, and
I already have an overkill (500 MHz) CPU in there, when the minimum was 200. However,
now that I have things just about the way I want them, my sloppy swapping of audio
& video devices and drivers for them to find the "best" out of all the old discarded
components is now biting me hard -- and I may have to start all over with a fresh
Win98 install!
(See my new, separate message: a query about driver cleanup in W98. It doesn't *HAVE*
to be freeware, but the latest of the "Driver Cleaner Pro" series have dropped the
W9x OSes.)
.
Kiwi
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On Thursday, May 14, 2009 at 12:45 pm, C K wrote:
>Exactly what brand name and model number is the computer or the motherboard?? Knowing
>the chip specs won't help if we don't know what machine or motherboard they are
going
>into. Hardware questions are really off topic here but we try if we know and can
>give a quick answer.
>
>Dual channel ready isn't the old first generation SDRAM types as there were no dual
>channel boards for the old SDRAM, so we might not be thinking on the same terms!
> Dual channel ready is the newer SDRAM which is also DDR, DDR2 and the newer DDR3
>type. Many people don't realize DDR "IS" SDRAM but an upgraded and faster version.
> DDR is also keyed differently and won't fit in the original SDRAM slots, so if
it
>says, dual channel ready, it is has to be DDR ram or it is mislabeled/misrepresented.
>
>The old SDRAM is all but impossible to find and will be more costly than DDR RAM,
>if you can find it, and will in all likelyhood be used as it hasn't been manufactured
>in years!
>
>All that being said, you have to check the size limits and configuration restrictions
>of the machine or the motherboard, as hardware manufacturers customize them to different
>support levels, mostly to make cheaper boards, especially for the big OEM companies.
> The BIOS is also customized to fit these machines and/or motherboards. If you
have
>4 machines that act the same, then you have a hardware issue that only the manufacturer
>could help you with, or give you info on what the machine of the motherboard will
>support.
>
>Websites like Crucial or Kingston will have a tool to let you know what memory you
>need and the maximum amounts on a system or motherboard, unless it is a very obscure
>and unpopular model.
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- re: 512 sdram (C K: Thursday, May 14, 2009 at 12:45 pm)
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