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

[Bryan J. Smith]

Homer Whittaker <whittake at sbaflorida.com> wrote:
> I do not know of any reason why you cannot stick any size you want
> on the board (configuration permitting).

Number of address lines, chip selects, etc... -- _elementary_ memory
controller design concepts.  The more "flexibility," the more logic
it takes, the more performance and signal quality issues, etc...

But what do I know?  I only specialized in computer architecture for
my BSEE.

> Load it up until it quits or talks back to you.

It's far more likely you'll get half or quarter the memory if its too
big, and instability during run-time when the signal is degraded. 
I've opened a number of PC100/133 systems and ripped out a DIMM to
increase system stability -- especially when they had 4 DIMM slots.

> At least that is what I have done in the past, and did not get
> into trouble.

I try to avoid "trial'n error" engineering as well as spending $200.
But the biggest cost is instability.  Nothing like getting hit by
that when you're trying to work and meet deadlines.


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