Will my motherboard support buffered memory?

[Bazango]

I have an i440LX chipset motherboard with 4 DIMM memory slots. It is an Ability clone of the Amptron PII-2200A motherboard. Will it support buffered memory? I copied this clue from motherboards.org:

"Most new motherboards (1997-) use 3.3 V unbuffered 168-pin DIMM's. Some servers (actually any motherboard with >4 DIMM sockets) use buffered 168-pin DIMM's. 5 V memory cannot be used with 3.3 V memory."

Unfortunately, it doesn't really say one way or another what I want to know.

[Dominus]

Your motherboard manual will tell you. Most likely your system uses unbuffered SDRAM.

[Bazango]

The manual is not too extensive and says nothing as far as I can tell about buffered memory. It looks like I am going to get this memory, but the seller was very concerned that I knew exactly what I was getting into and I don't.

Please, anyone else?

[Dominus]

Gimme 10 minutes or so & i'll get what info I can.

[Dominus]

http://www.amptron.com/files/p2_2200ma.zip

Check page 10.

[Bazango]

Thanks, that is the page on how and what memory to install, but there is nothing there on buffered memory.

[Bazango]

In the Guides section of this site under Chipset I find the following:

Data Buffering for Increased Performance
Extensive CPU-to-DRAM, PCI-to-DRAM, and AGP-to-DRAM Write Data Buffering
CPU-to-AGP, PCI-to-AGP, and AGP-to-PCI Burst Writes
Supports Concurrent Host, PCI, and AGP Transactions to Main Memory


Is this Data Buffering the buffering that this memory requires?

[Bazango]

PROBLEM SOLVED! Via the Crucial technologies site contacted via the Guides section at this site I was informed that my chipset the 440-LX does NOT support buffered memory.