[LinuxBIOS] LinuxBios on a HP ePC C10 ?

[Corey Osgood]

joe at smittys.pointclark.net wrote:
> Quoting joe at smittys.pointclark.net:
>
>   
>> Quoting Corey Osgood <corey_osgood at verizon.net>:
>>
>>     
>>> Uwe Hermann wrote:
>>>       
>>>>>> Currently it seems I am not able to install anything bigger then
>>>>>> 256 MB ram,
>>>>>> would a bios upgrade change this ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>             
>>>> Depends on where the limitation comes from. If the proprietary BIOS
>>>> simply doesn't support more RAM, then maybe.
>>>>
>>>> If your northbridge/chipset doesn't support more RAM (didn't check),
>>>> then you're out of luck -- no BIOS will help you in that case.
>>>>         
>>> On the i815 chipset, the limit for ram is 512MB. I can only assume
>>> this to be the same for the i810, since the i815 is extremely
>>> similar. You should probably grab the i810's docs off intel.com,
>>> they should say in the first few pages if there's as limit and what
>>> it is.
>>>
>>> -Corey
>>>
>>>       
>> Correct me if I am wrong, i810 supports 512MB PC100 with a FSB of 100Mhz,
>> i810E supports 512MB PC133 with a FSB of 100Mhz, and i815 supports
>> 512MB PC133 with a FSB of 133Mhz, and then we have my baby the 830M
>> which is a mobile cross breede betwwen a i815 and i845 chipset and it
>> supports 1024MB PC133 with a FSB of 133Mhz.
>>
>> Thanks - Joe
>>
>>     
>
> Also, does it matter in LinuxBios how many DIMM slots you have?? I  
> know in normal bios's there is a max per channel. For example on an  
> i810 with two DIMM slots it would be able to support 256MB max per  
> channel or slot. If you only had one slot you could could only have  
> 256MB. Is this determined by the bios or chipset?
>
> Thanks - Joe
>
>   
I don't think this is a problem for the i810/i815, although I suppose it 
could be some board-specific thing. My D815EEA has 4 dimm slots, and I 
only have 1 512MB PC133 DIMM in it. Adding any more memory gives an 
error in the BIOS that it can't initialize the extra ram. I have heard 
of/seen this on other chipsets/boards, although I don't remember what 
they were off the top of my head, it was too long ago and I don't think 
I have them any more.

As far as the i810E supporting 512MB of PC133 at 100MHz, that' doesn't even 
make sense. PC133 should be backwards compatible with PC100 , so 
supporting PC100 would have meant it also supported PC133 (just not at 
full speed), and vice versa. However, you are indeed correct on the 
i815's memory support.

-Corey