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On Wed, 5 Mar 1997, Matthew D. Fuller wrote:

> I have 24 MB, but the kernel only reports finding 16MB of 'real memory' 
> on bootup.  Is it detecting my extra RAM, and just not reporting it, and 
> is it using it, or what?

Does your BIOS see it?  Most likely you:

1.  Didn't buy enough SIMMS to fill the bank.  
2.  Have different type or speed SIMMs with a motherboard that won't take
them.  
3.  Have bad SIMMs. 

See your motherboard documentation for more details.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major