[mythtv-users] I've lost 1 gig of ram

John Drescher drescherjm at gmail.com
Wed Jan 21 05:19:25 UTC 2009


>> 9850
>> amd phenom X4 processor
>> 2.5 Ghz True quad-core design
>> X4 Black Edition
>>
>>
>
> I am a little concerned about your motherboard and its support for
> quad core chips. However I am not sure this is the problem. The reason
> for my concern is quads use a new AM2+ instead of AM2 which you have.
> The difference is AM2+ has dual power planes while AM2 does not. I
> know Phenom2 chips absolutely require AM2+ but not sure about the
> older Phenoms.
>

This is not the problem:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socket_AM2%2B


Do you have a recent BIOS? Have you tried booting a recent livecd
something with a 2.6.27 or 2.6.28 kernel?

John


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