-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 David C. Rankin wrote: > Mates, > > This was probably answered before, but I couldn't find it on a quick > search. I have a dell optiplex GX280 and I just installed 4G of ram. The > Bios sees all 4G just fine, but when I look at the memory with free it > only shows 3G seen. Like: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> free -tm > total used free shared buffers cached > Mem: 3040 717 2322 0 54 450 > -/+ buffers/cache: 212 2828 > Swap: 1027 0 1027 > Total: 4068 717 3350 > > > What is the trick to getting all of the memory to be recognized? If > there is a quick opensuse link, just shoot me that. Thanks. > > P.S. Terrible problem only having 2.3G free, instead of 3.3G free. But > with 2G chips running $40, it's hard to pass up. >
Some chipsets don't actually allow access to the full 4 GB. This might be one of them. - -Jeff - -- Jeff Mahoney SUSE Labs -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4-svn0 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHOKIyLPWxlyuTD7IRAvyPAKCUvBCbjORP3sBHt9leBUBGd5kvowCcDVQT 2wJKG69dX638H/B9exvr9NA= =rWLs -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
