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On 4/26/21 8:56 PM, thelma@×××××××××××.com wrote: |
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> My new PC has two 8GB sticks so total 16GB RAM |
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> but cat /proc/meminfo |
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> MemTotal: 14230648 kB |
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> Shouldn't it show 15GB+ ? |
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The kernel takes up some RAM, although I wouldn't expect 2GB worth. You |
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can check that with `dmesg | grep Memory:`. |
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The other possibility is that your RAM manufacturer used "gigabyte" to |
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mean 10^9 instead of 2^30, meaning that you actually have fewer than |
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16GiB. Hard disk manufacturers have been pulling this trick for years; |
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I'm not sure if it's common for RAM. |
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cal |
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