From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964787AbWHHKPQ (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Aug 2006 06:15:16 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S964788AbWHHKPQ (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Aug 2006 06:15:16 -0400 Received: from stingr.net ([212.193.32.15]:8832 "EHLO stingr.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964787AbWHHKPO (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Aug 2006 06:15:14 -0400 Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2006 14:15:04 +0400 From: Paul P Komkoff Jr To: Thomas Stewart Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Only 3.2G ram out of 4G seen in an i386 box Message-ID: <20060808101504.GJ2152@stingr.net> Mail-Followup-To: Thomas Stewart , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20060808082429.GA1068@stewarts.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=koi8-r Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060808082429.GA1068@stewarts.org.uk> User-Agent: Agent Darien Fawkes X-Mailer: Intel Ultra ATA Storage Driver X-RealName: Stingray Greatest Jr Organization: Department of Fish & Wildlife Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Replying to Thomas Stewart: > Hi, > I have a Dell Optiplex GX280, a Pentium 4 with an Intel chipset. It has > 4G of ram. The problem is I can only see 3.2G, even tho the bios reports > 4G. Chipset issue. Some Intel chipsets are doing strange things with memory map. They call this "design flaw" but not offered free replacements yet, so, for example, on SE7221BK1E you can't use more than 3 gigs. -- Paul P 'Stingray' Komkoff Jr // http://stingr.net/key <- my pgp key This message represents the official view of the voices in my head