Re: Size of memory that can be used with old IPFire Prime systems

[Adolf Belka <adolf.belka@ipfire.org>]

Hi,

On 04/06/2025 20:25, Tim Zakharov wrote:
> Adolf,
> 
> If you have access to a 4GB DDR3 SODIMM (even if you temporarily grab one from an old laptop or borrow from a colleague), you could try installing it.  I wouldn't be surprised if the system booted up and either supported the full 4GB or limited it to 2.44GB, but worked nonetheless.  It won't hurt anything to try.  Worst case, the system does not power up until you replace the original SODIMM.

Thanks for the suggestions Tim. Unfortunately didn't help. My oldest laptop turns out to have DDR2 and the SODIMM's are 2GB anyway.
My newest laptop has DDR4, so not usable.
My netbook does have DDR3 but with only a 2GB SODIMM.

> 
> Tim
> 
> On 6/4/2025 1:18 PM, Michael Tremer wrote:
>> Hello Adolf,
>>
>> Hmm, this might be difficult. I remember that this processor was a little bit limited in how much RAM it supports.
>>
>> However, the Intel Ark says max. 2.44 GiB (https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/58916/intel-atom-processor-n2600-1m-cache-1-6-ghz/specifications.html).
>>
>> I am not sure how to put this in, but generally that seems to be not much higher than two.

I think you are right.

I am only using it as a Testing evaluation system and as a system to do bug development work on.

So I think I will just have to accept that the memory might be used up a lot and periodically it might go into swap use. I can live with that.

Regards,
Adolf.

>>
>> Best,
>> -Michael
>>
>>> On 3 Jun 2025, at 20:15, Adolf Belka <adolf.belka@ipfire.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Arne and everyone,
>>>
>>> In the monthly conf call I forgot to ask this question.
>>>
>>> I have an old IPFire Prime system which has a 2GB sodimm memory card installed. The memory is very close to fully utilised so that periodically the swap space gets used for memory.
>>>
>>> I would like to buy some larger memory for it but I need to know if I can use 8GB cards with it or if it is limited to 4GB as the largest memory size that is usable (or worst case, that I have to stay with the 2GB card if that is the biggest supported).
>>>
>>> Anyone know what the max ram memory that can be supported by the Prime systems is?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Adolf.
>>>
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