> >> Funny, I was advised to buy a ASUS P5B-VM since I need 8MB memory. > >> > > > > I have that board. Do NOT get it for >3gb of memory. > > > > To get >3gb of mem you need to enable "extended memory remapping" in the > > bios > > > > When you do that, the system will be very very unusably slow. > > > So basically, Asus went cheap on the memory controllers on the board, > and that's > why it not only doesn't support 8GB, but it doesn't support more than > 2GB with > full performance. um, up to 3gb seems fine. there are 4 dimms but only 3 get recognized when not using the "memory remapping" in bios which they haven't seemed to release a working version of yet. As to if and when that might be, Asus is silent. Shawn