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retail SL install on AMD with 8GB ram freaks out in OS
I have been running Snow Leopard on my AMD for quite some time now, and just recently upgraded the motherboard. (got a deal on craigslist for an asus m2n-sli deluxe that came with 4GB (2x2GB) ram already on it, for 30 bucks, so i figured id upgrade). so after adding my old memory, im at 8GB. yay me.
however, if i let snow leopard boot with all 8 GB, it boots into the operating system, i get a message saying something about how the ram is in the proper slots, (DUH apple... or it wouldnt work... lol) and the system RECOGNIZES all 8GB, and does use it, if i open like, lets say, preferences or about this mac, its instantly open. it flies. but the system freaks out. internet not available (i use a wireless USB dongle with 3rd party software, the 3rd party software refuses to open, WoW refuses to open, Photoshop crashes, etc etc). I have found the sweet spot by limiting it to 6GB of ram in the boot list. but, i guess im greedy and would like to use all 8 GB. I cannot boot with -X86_64, because as soon as i select the snow drive, the system reboots. im guessing its because the SSE3 instructions differ between Intel and AMD chips, and this chip is missing a couple "irrelevant" instructions not needed by windows, particularly in the 64bit instructions. if im wrong please tell me haha. anyone have any ideas about this issue? at 6GB its totally usable and stable, but its kind of a waste having another 2GB that is just sitting there not being used. my system is below AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+ 2.8GHz ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe motherboard 8GB Corsair DDR2 800MHz (4x2GB) 1GB XFX Geforce GT240 GDDR5 (picked up by graphicsenabler) 22" widescreen LCD on HDMI port 19" CRT on VGA port (without it I get horrible user interface lag with QE/CI) Netgear WG111v3 USB wireless Snow Leopard 10.6.6 (with Legacy Kernel 10.6.0) (500GB WD Caviar Black sata) Windows 7 64bit home (250GB WD Caviar Blue sata) Hack Pro: AMD Athlon 64 Dual-Core X2 5600+ 2.8GHz Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe Motherboard 8GB ram (4x2GB DDR2-800) XFX Geforce GT240 1GB DDR5 500GB SATA HD (Snow Leopard 10.6.6) 250GB SATA HD (Windows 7 64bit) |
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