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Subject: Re: amd64 does not see all 4 GB RAM on tyan GT24
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Vivek Khera wrote:

> 
> On Nov 7, 2005, at 3:23 PM, Norberto Meijome wrote:
> 
>> Hi there, same board/server (different opteron), 4 GB, only 3 GB  too 
>> (havent got access to BIOS atm to check what it sees, but  pretty sure 
>> it was more than 3 GB). Running first version of BIOS  code, will be 
>> updating it soon and will let u know if that makes  any difference.
> 
> 
> There was a discussion about this problem on this very list around  
> mid-august.  Check the archives for "BIOS memory hole"

This is a larger hole than I would expect, though.  That's why I was 
interested in getting the SMAP table from this machine.  Not sure why
his verbose output didn't include it.

Scott