[PLUG] Bigmem not recognizing memory

[Derek Loree]

On Tue, 2008-07-22 at 13:53 -0700, Bill Barry wrote:
> I recently added 4GB of ram to a machine that already had 2GB for a total of
> 6GB of memory, but I only see 4GB in  /proc/meminfo.  The bios shows that
> the memory is recognized and is functioning, but something is still wrong.
> Here is some relavant information.
> 
> :~# cat /proc/meminfo
> MemTotal:      4117296 kB
> MemFree:        405400 kB
> 
> I am using a stock Debian bigmem kernel:
>  2.6.25-2-686-bigmem.
> 
> The processor is:
> CPU1: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4000+ stepping 01
> 
> The motherboard is:
> ASUS M2NPV-VM GF6150 AM2

Have you check the BIOS?  Most of them have a limiter, to make sure
Winblows can still function with more than 3.5 Megs on board.
> 
> Thanks for any help,
> Bill Barry
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Derek Loree <drl at drloree.com>
Loree Consulting