Re: [gentoo-user] Only 4 of 8 GB usable

Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote:

> wraeth wrote:
> >
> >
> > On 22/05/14 07:37, Alex Schuster wrote:
> > > Does this ring any bells? I'm out of ideas. Except than pulling out
> the 4
> > > GB, or trying another mainboard.
> >
> > Just a quick suggestion to help rule it out: try booting a LiveCD or other
> > "one-size-fits-most" medium and seeing if your full memory is registering
> > there. If it is, then it's not a hardware malfunction; if it doesn't, then
> > either you've got bad hardware or a configuration issue in your BIOS.
> >
> > cheers
> > wraeth
>
>
> Isn't there a kernel setting that cuts off after 4GBs or something?  I
> seem to recall having to turn that on at some point.  I would think this
> would be on by default but . . . .

Make sure you are really running a 64-bit kernel!  Sure seems like you
are not to me, but there may be other things.


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