MSI K9A2 Platinum..... 16gb memory?

Angry

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Will probably be moving my MSI K9A2 Platinum to server duties (media, router,firewall, and file storage).

I know the newegg link here lists 8gb max:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130136
as well as MSI's site here:
http://us.msi.com/index.php?func=prodmbspec&maincat_no=1&cat2_no=&cat3_no=&prod_no=1332#menu

Would it not run a set of these? :
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231182

Possibly two sets at a later date?

Will be using a 1055T or 925 Phenom II., or even my Athlon 620...if it can handle the work load.

Thanks...

 

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pg. 2-7 of the manual:

Due to the chipset resource deployment, the system density will only be detected up to 7+GB (not full 8GB) when each DIMM is installed with a 2GB memory module.

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If I'm reading that right even if it would recognize the 4Gb modules it couldn't read more than two of them. But I could be interpreting it wrong ...

 

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Ah....so that's why most 8xx series amd boards say 16gb.....


And yeah, that sounds about right.
Thanks QuietIce. Ill be gift wrapping this board for a friend.
Might have found a giga board that would suit my needs better as well.

 

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The later 7xx chipsets also support 16 Gb, at least some of them do. My M3A32 (790FX/SB600 like your board) says it doesn't support RAM using 128 Mb chips (anything more than 2 Gb sticks) but the M3A79-T (790FX/SB750) DOES support 16 Gb so it's not just a chipset thing. It must have something to do with the RAM circuitry on the motherboard ...

 

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Makes sense, Ill be jumping to ddr3..........its faster and cheaper in the long run. AM3 should be cheaper as well when am3+ comes out which should be about the time Ill be putting this server together.

Again, thanks for the info man.

 

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No problem ...