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From: RnR on 30 Apr 2010 07:43 On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 05:19:20 -0500, Ctrl�/Alt�/Del� <Ctrl�/Alt�/Del��@Ctrl�/Alt�/Del��.net> wrote: >Why does Dell utilize motherboards that can support only 4GB of RAM? Ineffiiciency ??? In what way??? There is overhead to consider. Or do you really mean why stop at 4GB of ram rather than say 6 or 8?
From: Daddy on 30 Apr 2010 10:17 Ctrl�/Alt�/Del� wrote: > Why does Dell utilize motherboards that can support only 4GB of RAM? My motherboard can use 16GB of RAM. Daddy
From: MJMIII on 30 Apr 2010 10:22 Ditto. -- "Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you." "Daddy" <daddy(a)invalid.invalid> wrote in message news:hreoqj$olu$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > Ctrl�/Alt�/Del� wrote: >> Why does Dell utilize motherboards that can support only 4GB of RAM? > > My motherboard can use 16GB of RAM. > > Daddy
From: Keith on 30 Apr 2010 12:31 I thought 4 GB with a limit of 32 bit operaitng systems, not a hardware limitation. These is not enough address space in a 32 bit system to address more the 4 GB of RAM (unless you are running a server OS with some clever workarounds) "Ctrl�/Alt�/Del�" <Ctrl�/Alt�/Del��@Ctrl�/Alt�/Del��.net> wrote in message news:1jblt59pmbe4ikp55mut0v4j6vmhu2d03l(a)4ax.com... > Why does Dell utilize motherboards that can support only 4GB of RAM? > -- > All of Usenet is in a psychological, emotional, and antisocial free fall > into an abyss and fully immersed in a drowning pool of mental illness.
From: William R. Walsh on 30 Apr 2010 16:02
Hi! > Why does Dell utilize motherboards that can support only 4GB of > RAM? There is more to the question than that. Some other things must be ascertained: 1. What Dell system is this? 2. Is the processor in the system 64-bit capable? (If not >4GB is a moot point without nasty tricks such as PAE.) 3. Are you running a 32 or 64 bit OS? Some Dell motherboards may only support 4GB of RAM even if you do have a 64-bit processor. I don't know which ones, but I do know there were a few. Nobody hear can read the minds of Dell motherboard engineers (much less find them, and believe me I have tried*) so it's hard to say what their reasoning is. It could have been the realities of the computer hardware market at the time--there was a window of time when most 64-bit capable computers were sold only with 32-bit operating systems. And there was also a time when more than 4GB of RAM was frightfully expensive and therefore unlikely to be used by the majority of people. Or you can assume the worst and say that Dell was recycling old motherboard designs that simply didn't support >4GB installed RAM. > All of Usenet is in a psychological, emotional, and antisocial free > fall into an abyss and fully immersed in a drowning pool of mental > illness. I beg to differ**, but if you believe that, why ask us? :-) William * yes, there are motherboard designers within Dell. At one time their designs were rather original. Then Intel boards started to show up, albeit with a Dell influence on the design (such as the Dim2400 with its Broadcom networking IC). Today the things are pretty generic across the board. Only the OptiPlex and possibly the Precision line are exceptions. Dunno about the laptops. They've been farmed out for a long time. ** how does that old song go "always been crazy but it's kept me from going insane"? I think that would sum it up for me. :-) |