On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 4:14 PM, Charles Curley <[email protected]> wrote:
> Questions: > > * Where is the rest of my 4 GB? I paid good money for those 641MB! My best guess is you are loosing memory to I/O address unless you are running the 64-bit version of the OS. I remember getting calls like that back when I did support for Dell with customers on the 32-bit versions of Windows XP. Like why is Windows saying that I only have 3.6 GB of RAM when I have 4 when I ordered it. > * Why the gap between the memory chunks? Not that it matters, Linux > seems able to use them anyway. My best guess is a 32 bit version of the OS was installed, sorry that's the only thing that I can think of. > * I suspect I have a bug in the firmware code that sets up the memory > speed. Other than a firmware upgrade, is there anything I can do > about it? > > Any other thoughts? Are you running a 32-bit or 64-bit version of Ubuntu? > Thanks > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
