BIOS-Info, c't/Andreas Stiller, V. 1.3 5/99 Computer ID : FC, SubTyp: 01, BIOS-Level: 0 Rechnertyp : AT-3, Konfigurationsbyte $70 Maus laut BIOS : nicht PS/2-Typ Maustreiber : nicht gefunden Bus : ISA/PCI Hauptspeicher : 640 KB, davon verfgbar : 640 KB Extended Memory : 65472 KB BIOS Date : 07/31/95 PCI-BIOS gefunden : Version 02.10 Konfigurations-Mech. : 1 Special-Cycle-Mech. : 0 PCI-Busse : 1 32-Bit-PCI-BIOS : Revision:0 Award BIOS found : Award Modular BIOS v4.50G Award ID-String : 07/31/95-TRITON-2A59CF54C-00 Board/BIOS-Version : Release 09/01/1995 ON ROM - NOT FOR SALE OEM : FUGU URL : http://www.fugu.com.tw Chipset : TRITON //Intel Triton-FX INT-13h BIOS Extension: ja, Version:1.x, Fknt 41..48 untersttzt is the information that I have about that board and its chipset. Apparently, it is a TRiTON FX(430?) chipset from Intel. I have now wasted 45 minutes on the Intel homepage to see if I can get the information about sort of this little outdated board - no. Not even the search function knows about TriTon fx and what I would like to know is the maximum of addressable memory that this board and its chipset can handle. Is there anyone of you knowing how to get that info? Thanks! Olli -- *º¤., ¸¸,.¤º*¨¨¨*¤ =Oliver@home= *º¤., ¸¸,.¤º*¨¨*¤ I http://www.bmw-roadster.de/Friends/Olli/olli.html I I http://www.bmw-roadster.de/Friends/friends.html I I http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VGAP-93 I I http://home.t-online.de/home/spacecraft.portal I
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On Sat, 2001-12-15 at 11:46, Oliver Ob wrote:
Hauptspeicher : 640 KB, davon verfgbar : 640 KB Extended Memory : 65472 KB BIOS Date : 07/31/95
I'd be willing to bet that this is your answer. If it is configured with 64MB of RAM, that's probably where it caps. The BIOS date is a bit alarming; are you sure it will still run reliably (date issues)? If I could offer some advice... 1) I wouldn't even try to use a large (>2GB) IDE disk on this machine; It's just not a good practice. Hook up something between 2 and 8, but don't be suprised if it won't go. LILO can help, but that doesn't mean it's a good idea. 2) Avoid using ISA devices. They take lots of overhead if you actually *use* them, and with this processor/chipset class, you need all the bandwidth you can get, even if you... 3) Run old software. Though SuSE 7.3 or Windows2000 may actually install, running modern software often proves painful. Again, this is only my advice, which is based on my opinion, which is tainted by the extraordinarily large amount of crack that I smoke. :) -- -=|JP|=- Need a good geek? I'm unemployed! '01 B15 SE/PP | http://www.xanga.com/cowboydren/ | < '95 SL2 Auto | cowboydren @ yahoo . com | _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
Jon Pennington schrieb:
On Sat, 2001-12-15 at 11:46, Oliver Ob wrote:
Hauptspeicher : 640 KB, davon verfgbar : 640 KB Extended Memory : 65472 KB BIOS Date : 07/31/95
I'd be willing to bet that this is your answer. If it is configured with 64MB of RAM, that's probably where it caps. The BIOS date is a bit alarming; are you sure it will still run reliably (date issues)?
No, that just tells how much RAM is currently on it. But I want to know how much I can pack ONTO that.
only my advice, which is based on my opinion, which is tainted by the extraordinarily large amount of crack that I smoke. :)
You should not smoke too much :-) -- *º¤., ¸¸,.¤º*¨¨¨*¤ =Oliver@home= *º¤., ¸¸,.¤º*¨¨*¤ I http://www.bmw-roadster.de/Friends/Olli/olli.html I I http://www.bmw-roadster.de/Friends/friends.html I I http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VGAP-93 I I http://home.t-online.de/home/spacecraft.portal I
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On Mon, 2001-12-17 at 20:31, Oliver Ob wrote:
No, that just tells how much RAM is currently on it. But I want to know how much I can pack ONTO that.
I once had a TX board that only supported 32MB of RAM, and it was about this vintage. I still bet that 64MB is the cap.
You should not smoke too much :-)
Nah, crack is good for you. :) -- -=|JP|=- Need a good geek? I'm unemployed! '01 B15 SE/PP | http://www.xanga.com/cowboydren/ | < '95 SL2 Auto | cowboydren @ yahoo . com | _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
Hello, everyone. Well, I see this thread has been kicking around for a while now, so I'll stick my oar in for a bit. A quick search on Google brings up the following interesting sites. http://www.pcguide.com/ref/mbsys/chip/pop/g5iI430FX-c.html http://www.shsu.edu/~ucs_slp/training/Chipset/sld005.htm http://www1.tip.nl/~t000493/hardware/intel430fx.html http://hardware.earthweb.com/main/article/0,,12108_602821_7,00.html If memory serves me right, the amount of cacheable RAM that a mobo will support is dependent upon the amount of TAG RAM installed. One of my boxes here uses the 430HX chipset which will cache 512MB if all the TAG RAM is installed. The board was once available with only half the TAG RAM installed in order to keep the price down, but this would restrict it to only caching 64MB RAM. This is effectively what the 430TX was designed to do. If you installed more than 64MB RAM on a 430TX board, it would actually begin to slow down. Another odd thing about caching RAM that I once heard, but can't guarantee the validity of (maybe someone here will back me up or shoot me down in flames) is that RAM basically fills up from the bottom, so the first 1MB will be filled long before the 128th MB. However, caching starts at the other end with the 512th MB. Therefore, if you put 128MB on a 430TX board, you would have to use 64MB of your available RAM before caching would even kick in. This may be a simplified explanation.
From looking at the sites above, it seems that the 430FX only supports up to 128MB RAM incl. EDO, but I couldn't find out about the cacheable amount of RAM. Most of the manuals I found for boards that old don't mention that feature, probably because RAM was so hellish expensive in those days that nobody could afford more than 64MB RAM anyway.
Hope this helps to shed a little light on your problem. Bye for now, Stuart.
Jon Pennington schrieb:
On Sat, 2001-12-15 at 11:46, Oliver Ob wrote:
Hauptspeicher : 640 KB, davon verfgbar : 640 KB Extended Memory : 65472 KB BIOS Date : 07/31/95
I'd be willing to bet that this is your answer. If it is configured with 64MB of RAM, that's probably where it caps. The BIOS date is a bit alarming; are you sure it will still run reliably (date issues)?
No, that just tells how much RAM is currently on it. But I want to know how much I can pack ONTO that.
only my advice, which is based on my opinion, which is tainted by the extraordinarily large amount of crack that I smoke. :)
You should not smoke too much :-) -- *º¤., ¸¸,.¤º*¨¨¨*¤ =Oliver@home= *º¤., ¸¸,.¤º*¨¨*¤ I http://www.bmw-roadster.de/Friends/Olli/olli.html I I http://www.bmw-roadster.de/Friends/friends.html I I http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VGAP-93 I I http://home.t-online.de/home/spacecraft.portal I
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