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Re: [suse-amd64] Be careful with memory compatibility
  • From: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 21:30:27 +0000 (UTC)
  • Message-id: <20040318223024.78c9bc89.ak@xxxxxxx>
On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 19:14:56 +0200 (EET)
"Sampsa Hario" <sampsa.hario@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Despite memory controller being in the CPU, BIOS still affects memory
> timing etc. and this is where motherboards differ.

Also the motherboards differ in hardware in how the trace lines from the CPU to the
DIMMs are laid out (basically how long the DIMM slots are away from the CPU socket)

-Andi

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