Ok i was searching on the internet to find info why the old kv8 max 3 motherboard that has an athlon64 3200+ can handle only 2gigabytes (or 3) of ram while having access to a 64bit processor.Answer was because of the memory controller on the motherboard.
The memory controller for an AMD 64 was onboard the cpu iirc.
Now, the KV8... That'd be a first gen socket 754 using a VIA chipset (I had this board many moons ago).
The socket 939 and later had different memory controllers, which meant that those who had bought into the Athlon64 as early adopters were pretty much SOL after the 3200.
