Re: P3 capabilities (was dselect memory use)

2007-02-15 Thread Steve Greenland
On 14-Feb-07, 16:48 (CST), Russell Coker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wednesday 14 February 2007 09:49, Matthew Garrett > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Like any other P6-class CPU[1], the Pentium 3 can handle up to 64GB of > > RAM via PAE. Certain chipsets may be more restrictive, but it'

Re: P3 capabilities (was dselect memory use)

2007-02-15 Thread Russell Coker
On Wednesday 14 February 2007 09:49, Matthew Garrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Russell Coker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > P3 server machines can easily handle more RAM, I've had P3 servers with > > 1G and 2G before. But desktops are limited (desktop and server versions > > of the P3 CPU have

Re: P3 capabilities (was dselect memory use)

2007-02-14 Thread The Fungi
On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 08:09:48AM +0100, Daniel Baumann wrote: > one of the most famous desktop boards for pentium 3 slot cpus was the > asus p3b-f. it can handle 4 dimms with a total capacity of 1gb (lucky me > had such a machine in 2000/2001. :). Just for another data point, I *presently* use o

Re: P3 capabilities (was dselect memory use)

2007-02-14 Thread Daniel Baumann
Evgeni Golov wrote: > In 2000/2001? I still have a p3-500 on a asus p3b-f with 512mb ram here > at home as a fileserver, and one with 384mb at my girlfriends home as a > desktop... i did tend to change hardware more frequently in the past, nowadays it doesn't make so much of a difference anymore.

Re: P3 capabilities (was dselect memory use)

2007-02-14 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 08:58:11AM +1100, Russell Coker wrote: > On Thursday 08 February 2007 22:14, Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Beside the point I know, but I had P-III machines with more RAM than > > that installed in the past. 768Mb at least. > > Were they desktop machines? I

Re: P3 capabilities (was dselect memory use)

2007-02-13 Thread Evgeni Golov
On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 08:09:48 +0100 Daniel Baumann wrote: > Russell Coker wrote: > > Were they desktop machines? If so what brand? > > one of the most famous desktop boards for pentium 3 slot cpus was the > asus p3b-f. it can handle 4 dimms with a total capacity of 1gb (lucky > me had such a mach

Re: P3 capabilities (was dselect memory use)

2007-02-13 Thread Daniel Baumann
Russell Coker wrote: > Were they desktop machines? If so what brand? one of the most famous desktop boards for pentium 3 slot cpus was the asus p3b-f. it can handle 4 dimms with a total capacity of 1gb (lucky me had such a machine in 2000/2001. :). Regards, Daniel -- Address:Daniel Bau

Re: P3 capabilities (was dselect memory use)

2007-02-13 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 08:58:11AM +1100, Russell Coker wrote: > On Thursday 08 February 2007 22:14, Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Beside the point I know, but I had P-III machines with more RAM than > > that installed in the past. 768Mb at least. > > Were they desktop machines? I

Re: P3 capabilities (was dselect memory use)

2007-02-13 Thread Matthew Garrett
Russell Coker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > P3 server machines can easily handle more RAM, I've had P3 servers with 1G > and > 2G before. But desktops are limited (desktop and server versions of the P3 > CPU have significant differences among other things). Like any other P6-class CPU[1], the

Re: P3 capabilities (was dselect memory use)

2007-02-13 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 08:58:11AM +1100, Russell Coker wrote: > > P3 server machines can easily handle more RAM, I've had P3 servers with 1G > and > 2G before. But desktops are limited (desktop and server versions of the P3 > CPU have significant differences among other things). > What diffe

P3 capabilities (was dselect memory use)

2007-02-13 Thread Russell Coker
On Thursday 08 February 2007 22:14, Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Beside the point I know, but I had P-III machines with more RAM than > that installed in the past. 768Mb at least. Were they desktop machines? If so what brand? P3 server machines can easily handle more RAM, I've had