Hi, On Sunday 29 March 2009 16:07:10 Nishith Nand wrote: > > I know that 32 bit ubuntu has a limit at around 3.3 Gb but I have less > than that. > > That is a misconception. > A 32bits system will address a Max of 4GiBs of memory positions. > But it wont all be RAM. > All memory alike storage have to be mapped so that they can be reached, and > this will count stuff like HD cache (and other IOs), GPU, CPU L1/2/3 cache > and finally central RAM. >
I know that :) , and then there is PAE > > Should also note that some boards are incapable of using DIMMs bigger then > some size, or chipset limits to the amount of address memory. > In your case maybe you are being hit by the board limit or a faulty DIMM. > Run memtest to be sure. > I have an ASUS A8N VM mobo, it supports 4GBs of RAM. Its detected correctly by windows. memtest shows me 3071MB RAM. Thanks and Regards, Nishith
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