1GB-Modules for A8V

[Siegbert Baude]

Hi,
I don't find any certified-by-Asus 1GB-RAM modules for the A8V. Didn't
they test their max. RAM configuration?

Does the "remap over 4GB RAM" BIOS option work? I.e., are the full 4GB
available for the OS:
3.xx RAM, then some reserved space for PCI-mapping, then 4GB-3.xxGB rest
on top of the 4GB border?

Does any other board offer this remapping?
Does anyone know of a working 4GB, XP3500+, socket 939 combo and could
send me the used RAM specs? Preferred in DDR400 mode, as Abit, Gigabyte
and ECS claim that their boards fallback to DDR333, if only double-sided
RAM modules are used.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Ciao
Siegbert

 

[CooCoo Channel]

Hi,
I don't find any certified-by-Asus 1GB-RAM modules for the A8V. Didn't
they test their max. RAM configuration?

As I got an answer from Asus Taiwan, I just wanted to save it in the
archives.
They have now one(!) certified 1GB-module in their list. It's the
"Nanya nt1gd64s8ha0f-6k".

Does the "remap over 4GB RAM" BIOS option work? I.e., are the full 4GB
available for the OS:
3.xx RAM, then some reserved space for PCI-mapping, then 4GB-3.xxGB rest
on top of the 4GB border?

For this topic, they answered:
<asus>
Although you open remapping option in bios. but as for 4GB memory, it
need OS to support at the same time. just as i know, windows XP 64bit
& 2003 server, Linux redhat 9 could support 4gb memory. but i don't
know Suse Linux 9.2 64bit whether could support it.
</asus>

O.k., if ti works on Redhat, it should be posible on Suse, too. It's a
matter of kernel only.

Does any other board offer this remapping?

I now checked the manuals of the other well-known socket939-boards and
none has this option. So you can either go the A8V or the socket 940
way.

Does anyone know of a working 4GB, XP3500+, socket 939 combo and could
send me the used RAM specs? Preferred in DDR400 mode, as Abit, Gigabyte
and ECS claim that their boards fallback to DDR333, if only double-sided
RAM modules are used.

With the certified Nanya RAM Asus recommended to me, they write
explicitly that this means a fallback to DDR333 if you use 4GB.

Are their any single-sided 1GB-modules out there, i.e. built of eight
1024Mbit-chips? I didn't find one and would be glad to know, if such a
beast exists. Because this would be the only option to get DDR400 with
4GB on the A8V. At least it would be worth a test.

Ciao
Siegbert