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Dengar
09-25-2001, 11:44 AM
Running Drake 8.0, any ideas?
inkedmn
09-25-2001, 11:57 AM
is it two 512mb chips?

try running each by themselves and see if they are both showing up as 512mb apiece.
SUOrangeman
09-25-2001, 01:14 PM
I think most kernels (that come with your favorite distribution) do not support 1GB RAM. I'm almost certain that you have to recompile (the kernel).

I have a box with the same situation; I just have yet to recompile.

-SUO
Dengar
09-25-2001, 01:33 PM
Yes they are 2 512 sticks.
PLBlaze
09-25-2001, 09:38 PM
Yup, kernel recompile is necessary to get all the memory recognized...just select highmem support (4GB) and you'll be fine.Hope this helps.
Dark Ninja
09-26-2001, 01:45 AM
...not that you really NEED one gig of RAM or anything. :D It's not like you are running Windows.


Dark Ninja
LiNuts
09-26-2001, 08:18 AM
Now That's what i call overkill :eek: It makes my 48Mb look downright insignificant :D
Cheers
LiNuts
Dengar
09-26-2001, 10:11 AM
Hehe, its called super cheap high density RAM...$30 for a 512M stick :)
Duh
09-26-2001, 10:15 AM
im running 832 megs :-)
napkin_stealer
09-26-2001, 12:04 PM
$30 for 512?!? wow! where do u find that kinda deal?

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Dengar
09-26-2001, 02:15 PM
Its just high density memory thats not compatible with Intel chipsets, has to be Athlon or Via chipsets. Its the cheap stuff.
napkin_stealer
09-26-2001, 02:18 PM
that sounds like the sweetest deal ever!!! stoopie 512 chips for my intel processor are like sooo expensive!!! me go crazie! hee hee

if anyone wants to sell me some 512 sticks then let me know! :)

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Dengar
09-26-2001, 02:28 PM
go to www.pricewatch.com (http://www.pricewatch.com) and click 512MB PC133 memory
Space-Cadet
09-26-2001, 03:27 PM
Originally posted by Dark Ninja:
<STRONG>...not that you really NEED one gig of RAM or anything. :D It's not like you are running Windows.


Dark Ninja</STRONG>

The most ram I've ever filled on Windows XP is ~330MB/512MB... on Linux, I can use it all. I guess Linux is just better at taking advantage of my system.
SUOrangeman
09-27-2001, 12:35 PM
Mandrake 8.1 is now final.

Among it's touted features (http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/81.php3):

"Enterprise Kernel 2.4.8: This special edition of the kernel provides native support for Hi Memory (&gt;1024 MB) and SMP (Symmetric Multi Processing)
Support for Journalized FileSystems EXT3, ReiserFS, XFS and JFS ensure filesystem integrity"

-SUO, downloading now