On Fri, 29 Jul 2011 17:06:58 +0200 Michael Schwendt <mschwendt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, 29 Jul 2011 10:38:15 -0400, BG (Bob) wrote: > > > > > This Dell DM4700 came with 2-256 mb strips, some time ago I added > > 2-1 gb strips for a total of 2.5 gb. > > > > This morning I replaced the 256 mb strips with 2-2 gb for a total of > > 6. The bios setup screen shows 6 gb but apparently Linux is only > > using half that amount, not much of an improvement!: > > Install the kernel-PAE package, then reboot to the PAE kernel and remove > the normal kernel package. I suspect a more fundamental problem. At least according to the Dell material the Dimension 4700 can only actually make fully use of 4GB (and in fact I imagine 3GB or 3.5GB in reality). It also needs a specific BIOS version to use 2Gb sticks, which presumably as it's detecting them and booting OK the BIOS is new enough. Alan -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
