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    Compal HGL-30 BIOS and 4GB RAM

    Discussion in 'Other Manufacturers' started by Pitabred, May 6, 2009.

  1. Pitabred

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    Hey all... I was wondering if anyone knew what the latest HGL-30 BIOS is, and if it fixes the way devices are mapped when you have 4GB of RAM, or if that's even possible with the chipset in it? My machine works fine with 3GB, but when I plug in 4GB I get bluescreens with XP and Linux can't address the graphics card past normal VGA mode. The nvidia driver complains about the graphics card being put into an illegal address space or something. I've got the 116A BIOS, and the 025A BIOS, not sure which is the most recent, Bizcom.us has a password protect on their site any more so I can't check with them, and Compal's site doesn't have anything for an HGL-30.

    Thanks!
     
    Pitabred, May 6, 2009
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