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Date:      Thu, 16 Dec 1999 10:20:29 -0600 (CST)
From:      David Scheidt <dscheidt@enteract.com>
To:        Arcady Genkin <a.genkin@utoronto.ca>
Cc:        chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: [OT] 64M recognized as 16M
Message-ID:  <Pine.NEB.3.96.991216101837.83557A-100000@shell-1.enteract.com>
In-Reply-To: <87iu1yhnts.fsf@main.wgaf.net>

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On 16 Dec 1999, Arcady Genkin wrote:

> Hi all,
> I know it's offtopic, but I'm having a hardware problem with my
> FreeBSD box, so here it goes...
> 
> I tried upgrading RAM on a P233 computer by adding a 64M 168-pin
> module (the system already has 32M), but the module is recognized as
> 16M only. My mobo (an ASUS P/I-P55TVP4) is supposed to handle SDRAM
> modules upto 64M (according to manual).
> 
> Has anyone had this kind of problem with an older Pentium board? Is
> there a tweak in the BIOS that I need ot adjust, perhaps?

Add 
options         MAXMEM="(96*1024)"

to your kernel config, assuming it is  96 MB of RAM you have in the box.
This is a common problem on older boxes with lots of memory.

David
> 
> Thanks,
> -- 
> Arcady Genkin                                http://wgaf.dyndns.org
> "'What good is my pity? Is not the pity the cross upon which he who
> loves man is nailed?..'" (Zarathustra - F. Nietzsche)
> 
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