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Userva: 2900 or 2800?

Suntower

Established Member
Just added another GB of RAM. So now I have 3GB.

What is the proper setting for Userva= in BOOT.INI for two cards?

I tried it with Userva=2900 and the machine boots properly. What's the difference with 2800?

TIA,

---JC
 

secretworld

Active Member
You only need userva with the 3gb switch (see my sign.) If you do have the 3gb switch and your card(s) work without userva you don´t need it. When I use userva 2900 (or no userva) one of my uad cards doesn´t work (no memory recources). It is very mobo dependent and how much reserved memory your other devices need. Without userva and the 3gb switch there is 1 gb for recources. that is enough for some sytems (but not for all). You can´t run out after booting. It is how the available ram is split between system and user memory.
 

Suntower

Established Member
Right, but I wonder what it actually does.

I know that, though my machine -boots-, almost nothing works -without- the Userva switch. (RME drivers for example).

So...I set it to Userva=2900 and both cards appear to work.

But OTOH, some others with 2 cards set -theirs- to Userva=2800.

So what's the diff? Should I set it to 2800?

---JC

secretworld said:
You only need userva with the 3gb switch (see my sign.) If you do have the 3gb switch and your card(s) work without userva you don´t need it. When I use userva 2900 (or no userva) one of my uad cards doesn´t work (no memory recources). It is very mobo dependent and how much reserved memory your other devices need. Without userva and the 3gb switch there is 1 gb for recources. that is enough for some sytems (but not for all). You can´t run out after booting. It is how the available ram is split between system and user memory.
 

RWIL

Established Member
Suntower said:
Just added another GB of RAM. So now I have 3GB.

What is the proper setting for Userva= in BOOT.INI for two cards?

I tried it with Userva=2900 and the machine boots properly. What's the difference with 2800?

TIA,

---JC

Maybe that page may help you...
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316739/en-us

Cheers,
RW
 

NuSkoolTone

Established Member
At 3 cards /3gb with an ASUS P5WD2 I'm at 2600. Best it seems it can do!
 
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