From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (unknown [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1707F1381FA for ; Tue, 27 May 2014 03:17:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 08AEFE0852; Tue, 27 May 2014 03:17:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pb0-f47.google.com (mail-pb0-f47.google.com [209.85.160.47]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6B8BCE080D for ; Tue, 27 May 2014 03:17:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-pb0-f47.google.com with SMTP id rp16so8516681pbb.20 for ; Mon, 26 May 2014 20:17:42 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=qgQ2MQFX86wZYYBfDuellFwtz0KRhkZIT2aDnfkiEGc=; b=mCCRnm5OaQwlcLkf5AipDp+XuoE8NkjoYJxaNMXputa526cWqcmHXKxxpE3CZiGdOM zhuphP9Ukkfsr4bZXG3lyAdVq+qluTVdK0kTpS/53KyZElOU/tz+ryBOE5wNv8s/+DFZ UxfTuBcGTZjx3yhQkSk4PLP6N+KcIse+B39EBvHlctc3dYBdgRiSNxp8cbtJEHGr2xw5 084FvmpmEbzuQhvoZhJ10Q7VculbKe77poSu3BzfO/QghBApLoMSUuek9ZQ4FmmLik1R dR1kNYZ08BRbjwdA3EndMT/gHxyZhyhW7x8jL/bex/ETPBheLcNyk9NGA0nBpYKNB89v Cx5w== X-Received: by 10.68.181.165 with SMTP id dx5mr33164366pbc.38.1401160662280; Mon, 26 May 2014 20:17:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from badass.gateway.2wire.net ([68.123.159.14]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id xg4sm20596984pbb.47.2014.05.26.20.17.40 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Mon, 26 May 2014 20:17:41 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 26 May 2014 20:19:06 -0700 From: ny6p01@gmail.com To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Only 4 of 8 GB usable Message-ID: <20140527031906.GA26289@badass.gateway.2wire.net> References: <20140521233751.319ef024@weird.wonkology.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="2oS5YaxWCcQjTEyO" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.22 (2013-10-16) X-Archives-Salt: 37cd4431-ac40-44bc-aad7-2f358642c828 X-Archives-Hash: b2d997d571f73cffd24e69eca656f657 --2oS5YaxWCcQjTEyO Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 08:07:52AM +0300, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 22/05/14 00:37, Alex Schuster wrote: > > So I installed another 4 GiB RAM into a Gentoo amd64 system that had 4 = GiB > > already. But it still sees only 4 GiB, not 8 GiB: > > > > leela ~ # uname -a > > Linux leela 3.6.11-gentoo #3 SMP Mon Feb 4 15:37:48 CET 2013 x86_64 AMD > > A6-3500 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux >=20 > Emerge sys-apps/memtest86+ and boot it (it should create a Grub entry).= =20 > How much memory does it see/test? >=20 > Are there any memory settings in your BIOS? (Possibly related to GPU=20 > memory.) >=20 >=20 Also, check how the mem card is seated. Remove, and reseat. Mem cards are known to be very picky about how they are seated in their slots. Also, it's not all that uncommon for a particular mem chip (esp. one purchased used) to be defective. HTH. Lee --2oS5YaxWCcQjTEyO Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlOEBCoACgkQ2dDpgi2NkbkKBgCgmrU+uguGg3gG3MMWRIxX0GEC 4K4AnjtBEbVuy5m7Z96nxmpLDL1VxPMt =S99S -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --2oS5YaxWCcQjTEyO--