Re: Hardware Problem - Asus A8N-VM CSM

[Marc Perkel <marc@perkel.com>]

Bill Davidsen wrote:
> Marc Perkel wrote:
>>
>>
>> Langsdorf, Mark wrote:
>>>>> The problem. 2 out of the 4 sees all 4 gigs of ram. The other 2 
>>>>> see only 2.8 gigs of ram. And it's hardware related because in the 
>>>>> bios setup the ones that show 2.8 show it in the bios.
>>>>>
>>>>> The motherboards were not prchased at the same time. All have 
>>>>> different brands of ram. And the processors are different. The 2 
>>>>> that don't see all the ram are the newest ones.
>>>>>
>>>>> I tried swapping ram between one that saw 2.8 gigs and one that 
>>>>> saw 4 gigs and the problem stays with the motherboard.
>>>>> I haven't yet swapped out the processors.
>>>>>
>>>>> So - I'm a little stumped. Can someone point me in the right 
>>>>> direction?
>>>>>       
>>>
>>> Usually, missing memory comes from the PCI I/O hole, or the
>>> IOMMU/AGP/framebuffer overlays.  Does your BIOS have an
>>> options for creating a memory hole or hoisting memory?  If
>>> so, are the settings between the 4G machines different from
>>> the 2.8G machines?
>>>
>>> Also, do you have an IOMMU aperture enabled and if so, how
>>> large?
>>>
>>> Are there any hardware differences between the systems, like
>>> different AGP or PCI graphics cards?
>>>
>>>  
>>>> Answering my own question perhaps. Could it be related to whether 
>>>> or not the processor is a "revision e" chip?
>>>>     
>>>
>>> Possibly, but I'd expect the RevE parts to see more DRAM than
>>> the earlier parts.
>>>
>>>
>>>   
>>
>> I fixed the problem. It wasn't a Revision E issue after all. I just 
>> pulled the battery and when it came up clean it saw all the memory. 
>> Thanks for your help.
>>
> Would have been interesting to use the "reset to factory defaults" 
> option, just to see if some bit isn't set to known state doing that.
>

Actually that's what it tuened out to be. It had nothing to do with 
Revision E.