Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:56:06 -0500 From: CyberLeo Kitsana <cyberleo@cyberleo.net> To: fred <fred@fullmetalpacket.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD-6.3 only detects 3GB of RAM Message-ID: <47EBDFB6.5090303@cyberleo.net> In-Reply-To: <003501c89014$77ddf640$6799e2c0$@com> References: <003501c89014$77ddf640$6799e2c0$@com>
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fred wrote: > Hello all, > > I am trying to fix an issue with my dual xeon ibm server, it only detects > 3GB or RAM but I have 4GB: I discovered on my workstation that there is a BIOS setting to cause the motherboard to remap everything above 3GB installed RAM up above the PCI address space. Without this option set, neither x86 PAE nor amd64 could make use of my last gigabyte. Probably has nothing to do with your hardware, but just a heads-up that these things do exist. Asus P5B-Plus, 4GB PC2-6400, Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 -- Fuzzy love, -CyberLeo Technical Administrator CyberLeo.Net Webhosting http://www.CyberLeo.Net <CyberLeo@CyberLeo.Net> Furry Peace! - http://wwww.fur.com/peace/
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