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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

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Jeff Mahoney
SUSE Labs
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