4CoreDual-VSTA Ram Limit

[GazzaMataz]

I have the above motherboard with 2 x 1gb of DDR2 RAM PC2 5300 and I wondered if anyone here has managed to put 2 x 2gb of RAM on the same board with XP seeing the max 3.5gb?

I am running it with BIOS version 2.2.

Anyone done this or know if it can be done?

 

[ron3003]

There's a long dicussion of these asrock boards here
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid=29&threadid=2322429&enterthread=y

Basically it's possible to use 4gb by updating the bios to an unofficial one at www.pctreiber.net although the site is in german and limitations of the boards via chipset mean that just over 3gb will be seen by any o/s. Take a look towards the end of the thread there for latest news although still well out of date.
I have two 4core dual/vsta's but I've never tried the bios updates so cant offer any first hand experience. I also had an original dual/vsta until last week when the family member using it kept it plugged in an unprotected outlet during a thunderstorm....RIP dual/vsta

 

[GazzaMataz]

Thanx for the help dude, much appreciated