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From: Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Only 4 of 8 GB usable
Date: Mon, 26 May 2014 05:08:25
Message-Id: llui78$era$1@ger.gmane.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Only 4 of 8 GB usable by Alex Schuster
1 On 22/05/14 00:37, Alex Schuster wrote:
2 > So I installed another 4 GiB RAM into a Gentoo amd64 system that had 4 GiB
3 > already. But it still sees only 4 GiB, not 8 GiB:
4 >
5 > leela ~ # uname -a
6 > Linux leela 3.6.11-gentoo #3 SMP Mon Feb 4 15:37:48 CET 2013 x86_64 AMD
7 > A6-3500 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux
8
9 Emerge sys-apps/memtest86+ and boot it (it should create a Grub entry).
10 How much memory does it see/test?
11
12 Are there any memory settings in your BIOS? (Possibly related to GPU
13 memory.)

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