On Mon, 16 Jul 2012 02:16:01 +0200 Reindl Harald <h.reindl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Am 16.07.2012 02:14, schrieb Martín Marqués: > > I had a problem with my main board and CPU and had to buy a new one. > > Also memory, as the old computer had DDR2 memory. > > > > Th problem is that I see only 3.5Gb of memory, while I had a 4Gb bank > > put in the Motherboard (the motherboard says it can handle up to 32Gb > > or ram). > > sounds like you installed i686 instead x86_64 A 32bit kernel can still handle more than 4GB of RAM on most processors as they have page address extensions. That depends on the build options. More likely perhaps some hardware doesn't support remapping so it cannot move the other 0.5GB above the 4GB boundary to leave space for PCI etc, so just loses it. 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 Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
