From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Dec 16 8:20:34 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mail.enteract.com (mail.enteract.com [207.229.143.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6982A15488 for ; Thu, 16 Dec 1999 08:20:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dscheidt@enteract.com) Received: from shell-1.enteract.com (dscheidt@shell-1.enteract.com [207.229.143.40]) by mail.enteract.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id KAA33874; Thu, 16 Dec 1999 10:20:30 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from dscheidt@enteract.com) Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 10:20:29 -0600 (CST) From: David Scheidt To: Arcady Genkin Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [OT] 64M recognized as 16M In-Reply-To: <87iu1yhnts.fsf@main.wgaf.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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) > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message