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On Sunday 24 July 2005 22:21, Mark Shields wrote:
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> No I do not, as I was under the impression it's not required unless |
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> you have at least 4gb (sorry for the poor formatting, copying from |
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> putty/terminal to a text box doesn't format very well): |
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well the -mm kernel does not have this option anymore, but IIRC you need to
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select 4G support to enable the rest of your memory.
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> Linux Kernel v2.6.11-gentoo-r6 Configuration |
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> ‚€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€ |
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> High Memory Support |
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> €€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€ƒ |
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> Use the arrow keys to navigate this window or press the hotkey of |
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> the item you wish to select followed by the <SPACE BAR>. Press |
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> <?> for additional information about this option. |
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> ‚€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€ƒ |
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> (X) off |
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> ( ) 4GB |
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> ( ) 64GB |
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> „€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€… |
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> †€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€‡ |
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> <Select> < Help > |
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> „€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€… |
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did you read the help asociated with each item?
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> All 3 memory sticks appear fine. The motherboard is an A7N8X Deluxe, |
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> my main PC has an A7N8X-E Deluxe; both of them are capable of using |
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> 3gb of memory, 1gb per stick (3 slots for memory). The 2 x 256 mb |
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> sticks came from my main PC which I upgraded with 2 x 512mb sticks. |
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> The 512mb stick has been in use by the server for 4 months. I could |
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> understand if it was possible that they're incompatible, but then it |
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> wouldn't show a gig of RAM when the PC shows the bios screen. |
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> Regardless, I'll run memtest86 overnight to be sure. I'll also see |
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> what an ubuntu or knoppix livecd shows. |
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I'm sure you will not see any hardware failures, it has something todo with
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the split user/kernel that you only see ~800MB of ram.
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enable highmem support for 4G and you will be able to use all of your memory.
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Rudmer
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