[Leaplist] how much memory can my 1G motherboard hold?

[William Warren]

i missed this thread abit.  Do you know which mobo make and model it is?

roland at rolandcruse.com wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I really apreciate the responses. I am going to bring to box to the
> installfest tomorrow, open it up and anyone would be welcome to offer
> comment. Hopefully I'll have enough knowledge to buy some memory after
> leaving the fest.
> 
> Thanks again
> 
> Roland
> 
>> On Fri, 2006-11-03 at 00:53 -0500, Kyle Gonzales wrote:
>>> Hey Roland,
>>> From what I see online, the VIA VT8731 was known as the KX133, not the
>>> KT133.  Searching on the KX133, I see the capability to use DIMMs up to
>>> 512Mb in size.
>> Unfortunately, ViA isn't as forthcoming with its engineering
>> specification sheets as AMD, Intel and others.  This makes it very
>> difficult.
>>
>> Another issue is the fact that many 168-pin DIMM chipsets often quote
>> the large capacity of not SDR (Single Data Rate) SDRAM, but buffered EDO
>> DRAM.  ViA also had its own special SDR SDRAM known as Virtual Channel
>> DRAM (VCDRAM) for 512MB support.  But there are some 512MB SDRAMs
>> supported by the KT133.  I believe it's picky, but not quite as picky as
>> the Intel i440GX or i845 (i440BX and i815 don't support 512MB, and the
>> i810 doesn't support 256MB).
>>
>> I want to say an eight (8) ICs using 64Mbit x 8-bit wide IC
>> configuration (stock 512Mbit SDRAM technology) is valid for the KT133,
>> as well as nForce2 and i845.  It may nor may not support previous
>> technology 4-bit IC configurations or similar (i.e., 32 ICs using
>> 256Mbit x 4-bit wide IC is older 256Mbit technology, which is what the
>> i440GX needs for 512MB).
>>
>> Also note that with more ICs on the DIMM, a fewer number of DIMMs may be
>> supported.  I.e., it might be very difficult to get more than two (2)
>> 512MB SDR DIMMs to work.
>>
>>
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