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[Net Llama!]

On Thu, 16 Jun 2005, Rick Sivernell wrote:
> Kurt
>
> > Mobo: MSI MS-9130 Dual Socket 940 VIA K8T800 ATX Server Mobo
>   I would look for the same using Asus ( K8N-E delux ), especial I like the NVida
> chipSet, I would like to use more memory though, if I could.
>
> > CPUs: 2 AMD Opteron 242 SledgeHammer 400MHz FSB Socket 940 CPUs
>   Nice
> > RAM : 4 CORSAIR 512MB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 333 (PC 2700) ECC
> >       Registered DIMMs
>    I would use two 1 gig ram sticks or if avail on board 1 2gig stick,
> mine is a Asus K8N-E delux with 3 gig max, I have 2 gig now

They prolly did this because right now no OS is stable with 4 or more GB
of RAM using a native 64bit OS with dual CPUs.  Its an unholy nightmare of
kernel panics and IOMMU related lockups.  Until mobo vendors & the linux
kernel clean up their act between BIOS & ACPI tables, doing 64bit SMP with
4+ GB RAM is nothing other than an experimental configuration.

I'm saying all this from first hand experience.  These days, about 25% of
my work day is spent dealing with this mess.

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