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From: wraeth <wraeth@×××××××××.au>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Only 4 of 8 GB usable
Date: Thu, 22 May 2014 02:43:54
Message-Id: 537D6460.5090802@wraeth.id.au
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Only 4 of 8 GB usable by wraeth
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4 On 22/05/14 09:20, wraeth wrote:
5 > Just a quick suggestion to help rule it out: try booting a LiveCD or other
6 > "one-size-fits-most" medium and seeing if your full memory is registering
7 > there. If it is, then it's not a hardware malfunction; if it doesn't, then
8 > either you've got bad hardware or a configuration issue in your BIOS.
9
10 Just had another thought, too: you could check what the BIOS reports either by
11 entering the BIOS configuration and going to the system information area, or
12 by inspecting your machines POST output (the diagnostic information that is
13 displayed during boot, sometimes hidden by a splash screen with "Press
14 [something] to show details".
15
16 cheers
17 wraeth
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