https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_440BXwikipedia claims that the 440BX did not support 256mb ram chips but my Abit BE6 Does... strange.
maybe its a rev.2 or something
This chipset lacked support for 256Mbit SDRAM Chips, which became more common in the 2002 to 2003 period. The higher end 440GX chipset released in June 1998 that was originally intended for servers and workstations has this support.
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Make/Model
Abit/BF6
Abit/BE6
Abit/BE6-II
Abit/AB-BH6
Abit/BX6
Abit/BP6
Abit/BX133-Raid
Abit/AB-BM6
AOpen/AX6B
AOpen/AX6B +
AOpen/AX6BC
Asus/P3B-1394
Asus/P3B-F
Asus/P2B
Asus/P2B-B
Asus/P2B-F
Asus/P2B-L
Asus/P2B-S
Asus/P2B-N
Asus/P2B-D
Asus/P2B-VE
Asus/P2B-VT
Asus/P2B-LS
Asus/P2B-VM
Asus/P2B-DS
Atrend/ATC-6220
Atrend/ATC6240
Gainward/6IBA
DFI/P2XBL
DFI/P2XBL/D
DFI/P2XBL/S
DFI/PB50-BX
DFI/PB64-BX
ECS/P6BXT-A+
EPoX/EP-6IBXA-M
FIC/VB-601
FIC/KN-6000
Gigabyte/GA-6BXU
Gigabyte/GA-6BXDW
Gigabyte/GA-6BXDS
Gigabyte/GA-6BXD
Gigabyte/GA-6BXC
Gigabyte/GA-686BX
Supermicro/P6DBU
Supermicro/P6SBM
Intel/JN440BX
Intel/SE440BX2
Intel/RC440BX
Intel/SE440BX
Intel/N440BX
Iwill/DBS100
Iwill/DBL100
Iwill/DBD100
Iwill/BS100
Iwill/BD100
Microstar/MSI/MS-6153
Microstar/MSI/MS-6119-HW
Microstar / MSI/MS-6120
Microstar / MSI/MS-6147
Microstar / MSI/MS-6156
Microstar / MSI/MS-6163 Pro
Shuttle/Spacewalker MB21
Shuttle/MB11
Shuttle/Spacewalker HOT-687
Shuttle/Spacewalker HOT-685
Shuttle/Spacewalker HOT-681
Shuttle/HOT-661
Shuttle/HOT-679
Shuttle/HOT-675
Shuttle/HOT-663
Shuttle/Spacewalker AB61
Shuttle/HOT-649A
Shuttle/HOT-641/P
Shuttle/HOT-641
Soyo/SY-6BA+
Soyo/SY-6BE+
Soyo/SY-6BA+ IV
Soyo/SY-6BA+ III
Soyo/SY-6BB
Soyo/SY-D6IBA
Soyo/SY-D6IBA2
Soyo/SY-6IBM
Supermicro/P6DBE
Supermicro/P6SBA+
Supermicro/P6SBA
Tyan/S1836DLUAN Thunder 100
Tyan/S1830S
Tyan/S1832DL Tiger 100
Tyan/S1833D Tiger 100
Tyan/S1837 DLUN-BX
Tyan/Trinity 371 (S1857)
Tyan/Tigercub 100 S1894SLA
Tyan/S1867DLU3AN
Tyan/S1832D
Tyan/S1846 600
Tyan/S1856S Tomahawk BX