On 3 Nov 2011 at 11:40, Roberto Ragusa wrote: Date sent: Thu, 03 Nov 2011 11:40:44 +0100 From: Roberto Ragusa <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: George R Goffe <grgoffe@xxxxxxxxx>, Community support for Fedora users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: kernel/system can't see all 4G memory Send reply to: Community support for Fedora users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <mailto:users-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscrib e> <mailto:users-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=subscribe > > On 11/03/2011 08:46 AM, George R Goffe wrote: > > Hi, > > > > My question is, am I missing something here? > > > > I upgraded my lenovo 60t to 4G memory and don't seem to be able to > > see all 4G of the upgrade. > > > > The hardware spec for this machine says it supports 4G memory. > > > > Any hints/clues/tips would be GREATLY appreciated. > > x86_64, so something is happening at the hardware level (shared VGA?) > or BIOS level (wrong config, bugs). > > What do you get with this command? > > grep 'BIOS-e820' /var/log/dmesg > > it will show how the memory areas have been described by the BIOS. > Might be interesting to install memtest86+ and then run memtest-setup to add it as an option to grub. Then restart the system, and select the memtest option. Sometimes I've had to change the grub.conf lines for memtest, but don't recall what needed to be changed, but this is what I have in mine at the moment. title Memtest86+ (4.20) root (hd0,0) kernel /memtest86+-4.20 > > -- > Roberto Ragusa mail at robertoragusa.it > -- > 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 +----------------------------------------------------------+ Michael D. Setzer II - Computer Science Instructor Guam Community College Computer Center mailto:mikes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:msetzerii@xxxxxxxxx http://www.guam.net/home/mikes Guam - Where America's Day Begins G4L Disk Imaging Project maintainer http://sourceforge.net/projects/g4l/ +----------------------------------------------------------+ http://setiathome.berkeley.edu (Original) Number of Seti Units Returned: 19,471 Processing time: 32 years, 290 days, 12 hours, 58 minutes (Total Hours: 287,489) BOINC@HOME CREDITS SETI 11348155.693728 | EINSTEIN 6794453.889851 ROSETTA 3867545.972502 | ABC 9036187.649218 -- 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
