8GB of RAM for the CF-52G!!!

Hi Guys,

Have some good news for those of you with CF-52s. I didn't want to say anything last week until I tested this, but I found 2 4GB PC2-6400 DDR2 800 MHz SODIMMs made by Crucial that work in the CF-52G that I have to bring the total RAM to 8GB. The part number is CT51264AC800.M16FC. I found a couple of sticks on ebay that were pulled from a MAC Video Card - which is what it appears these sticks were intended for - video cards.

Having said that, BIOS is reporting a Memory Size of 8192 MB BUT, only 3228 MB available - which doesn't bother me much because it's likely just showing the max officially supported RAM size minus what the video card is using.

Both MX and Antix show about 8GB of total RAM available. I'll attach some screen shots and a picture of the BIOS plus a listing of lsmem -a.

Cheers!
Trev

Code:

$ lsmem -a
RANGE                                  SIZE  STATE REMOVABLE BLOCK
0x0000000000000000-0x0000000007ffffff  128M online        no     0
0x0000000008000000-0x000000000fffffff  128M online        no     1
0x0000000010000000-0x0000000017ffffff  128M online       yes     2
0x0000000018000000-0x000000001fffffff  128M online       yes     3
0x0000000020000000-0x0000000027ffffff  128M online       yes     4
0x0000000028000000-0x000000002fffffff  128M online       yes     5
0x0000000030000000-0x0000000037ffffff  128M online        no     6
0x0000000038000000-0x000000003fffffff  128M online       yes     7
0x0000000040000000-0x0000000047ffffff  128M online       yes     8
0x0000000048000000-0x000000004fffffff  128M online       yes     9
0x0000000050000000-0x0000000057ffffff  128M online       yes    10
0x0000000058000000-0x000000005fffffff  128M online       yes    11
0x0000000060000000-0x0000000067ffffff  128M online       yes    12
0x0000000068000000-0x000000006fffffff  128M online       yes    13
0x0000000070000000-0x0000000077ffffff  128M online       yes    14
0x0000000078000000-0x000000007fffffff  128M online       yes    15
0x0000000080000000-0x0000000087ffffff  128M online       yes    16
0x0000000088000000-0x000000008fffffff  128M online       yes    17
0x0000000090000000-0x0000000097ffffff  128M online       yes    18
0x0000000098000000-0x000000009fffffff  128M online       yes    19
0x00000000a0000000-0x00000000a7ffffff  128M online       yes    20
0x00000000a8000000-0x00000000afffffff  128M online       yes    21
0x00000000b0000000-0x00000000b7ffffff  128M online       yes    22
0x00000000b8000000-0x00000000bfffffff  128M online       yes    23
0x00000000c0000000-0x00000000c7ffffff  128M online        no    24
0x00000000c8000000-0x00000000cfffffff  128M online        no    25
0x0000000100000000-0x0000000107ffffff  128M online       yes    32
0x0000000108000000-0x000000010fffffff  128M online       yes    33
0x0000000110000000-0x0000000117ffffff  128M online       yes    34
0x0000000118000000-0x000000011fffffff  128M online       yes    35
0x0000000120000000-0x0000000127ffffff  128M online       yes    36
0x0000000128000000-0x000000012fffffff  128M online       yes    37
0x0000000130000000-0x0000000137ffffff  128M online       yes    38
0x0000000138000000-0x000000013fffffff  128M online       yes    39
0x0000000140000000-0x0000000147ffffff  128M online       yes    40
0x0000000148000000-0x000000014fffffff  128M online       yes    41
0x0000000150000000-0x0000000157ffffff  128M online       yes    42
0x0000000158000000-0x000000015fffffff  128M online       yes    43
0x0000000160000000-0x0000000167ffffff  128M online       yes    44
0x0000000168000000-0x000000016fffffff  128M online       yes    45
0x0000000170000000-0x0000000177ffffff  128M online       yes    46
0x0000000178000000-0x000000017fffffff  128M online       yes    47
0x0000000180000000-0x0000000187ffffff  128M online       yes    48
0x0000000188000000-0x000000018fffffff  128M online       yes    49
0x0000000190000000-0x0000000197ffffff  128M online       yes    50
0x0000000198000000-0x000000019fffffff  128M online       yes    51
0x00000001a0000000-0x00000001a7ffffff  128M online       yes    52
0x00000001a8000000-0x00000001afffffff  128M online       yes    53
0x00000001b0000000-0x00000001b7ffffff  128M online       yes    54
0x00000001b8000000-0x00000001bfffffff  128M online       yes    55
0x00000001c0000000-0x00000001c7ffffff  128M online       yes    56
0x00000001c8000000-0x00000001cfffffff  128M online       yes    57
0x00000001d0000000-0x00000001d7ffffff  128M online        no    58
0x00000001d8000000-0x00000001dfffffff  128M online       yes    59
0x00000001e0000000-0x00000001e7ffffff  128M online        no    60
0x00000001e8000000-0x00000001efffffff  128M online       yes    61
0x00000001f0000000-0x00000001f7ffffff  128M online       yes    62
0x00000001f8000000-0x00000001ffffffff  128M online       yes    63
0x0000000200000000-0x0000000207ffffff  128M online       yes    64
0x0000000208000000-0x000000020fffffff  128M online       yes    65
0x0000000210000000-0x0000000217ffffff  128M online       yes    66
0x0000000218000000-0x000000021fffffff  128M online        no    67
0x0000000220000000-0x0000000227ffffff  128M online        no    68
0x0000000228000000-0x000000022fffffff  128M online        no    69

Memory block size:       128M
Total online memory:       8G
Total offline memory:      0B

 

Try to fill it up to confirm that it will not generate errors

 

I'm running memtester on 7324MB of RAM (8192 - the 868 MB the system uses for video) I'll post the output listing when it's finished - looking good so far!

 

3228MB for 32-bit OS.
So what's your question or what's the news?

 

It's got 100% nothing to do with the OS - this is what BIOS was reporting - take a look at the pictures. The CF-52 is supposed to be able to support only 4 GB of RAM - The Crucial part number I listed increases that capacity to 8 GB. In the process of thorough testing with memtester 4.3.0 64 bit right now.

 

BIOS is reporting for 32-bit OS. Of course this C2D CPU supports 8GB, nothing new here.

 

Well the Core 2 Duo might, but the CF-52 is certainly not specified to support 8 GB...

 

Here's the results from memtester - the memory works fantastic - checks out perfectly!

Code:

memtester version 4.3.0 (64-bit)
Copyright (C) 2001-2012 Charles Cazabon.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2 (only).

pagesize is 4096
pagesizemask is 0xfffffffffffff000
want 7324MB (7679770624 bytes)
got  7324MB (7679770624 bytes), trying mlock ...locked.
Loop 1/1:
  Stuck Address       : ok        
  Random Value        : ok
  Compare XOR         : ok
  Compare SUB         : ok
  Compare MUL         : ok
  Compare DIV         : ok
  Compare OR          : ok
  Compare AND         : ok
  Sequential Increment: ok
  Solid Bits          : ok        
  Block Sequential    : ok        
  Checkerboard        : ok        
  Bit Spread          : ok        
  Bit Flip            : ok        
  Walking Ones        : ok        
  Walking Zeroes      : ok        
  8-bit Writes        : ok
  16-bit Writes       : ok

Done.

 

There were no 4GB SODIMM modules when Panasonic started selling CF-52, that's why 4GB max in specs.
Ok, I'll tell you one more secret. Though your CF-52 was "designed for windows vista" you can install ...tadamtadamtadam... Windows 7, 8 or 10 )

 

CF-52’s with Vista are nice but vista suck. Windows 7 is tailored to I3-I7 (Usually 1-4 gen i3+) C2Duo is Vista specked. Vista was 2005 (?) and I think C2Duos were 04’ (?). Win8 is i3+ for 5 gen and above plus 10. Though some of the dates might be wrong. Correct me if so

 

Or you can blow off Windoze and go for MX Linux! Also, there still aren't many 4GB DDR2 SODIMMS.

 

Actually Vista Business ran pretty good, I restored a CF-19Mk2 with the factory disc and it ran good with an ssd. Old guy with time on his hands.

 

Aren't we all!

 

I had Vista Ultimate and it is what made me look at Linux after failing to get Red Hat 7 to work after installing it. It was way to bloated but it was still a good OS, especially compared to Windows 8 and 8.1

 

Dell also makes 4 GB ram sticks, cost me about $50 each. Got them working in my CF-52 GUN a while back, works nicely under Win7 that came on this model.

 

Good to know which specific SODIMMs work. I've seen it before that one brand/model/series # would work and another not work.

 

How are you liking the 52?


Sent from my CF-M34

 

Running MX Linux it's super fast. Also helps that it has a Crucial SSD installed. Has been a really solid machine so far. No issues whatsoever. BTW the PCMCIA and Express slot both work. Also, It works very reliably running Motorola RSS for Maxtrac out of Dos 6.22. I have a 2 GB MS-DOS 6.22 partition on the drive for programming older radios. Been a fine machine so far, and having 8GB of RAM is definitely a bonus.