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Re: a few simple questions about AMD64 version of Debian



On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 08:29:13AM -0800, Freddie Cash wrote:
> I haven't noticed any desktop-class motherboards that support larger than 
> 2 GB DDR DIMMS.  But I don't follow desktop-class hardware too closely.
> 
> The Tyan Thunder K8S/K8SR/K8SD Pro (S2882) server boards that we have here 
> (pushing two years old) support 4 GB ECC DDR DIMMs, giving a total of 32 
> GB RAM (8 slots) (not that we've put in more than 16 GB yet, 2 GB DIMMs 
> are expensive enough).  These are beautiful boards, using AMD and VIA 
> chipsets that are fully supported by FreeBSD, Linux, and Windows XP/2K3.  
> I have yet to find a nicer server board out there.

Buffered/Registered DIMMs are different.  Not the same thing.  Different
rules entirely.

--
Len Sorensen



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