Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2007 16:50:35 +0200 From: Peter Schuller <peter.schuller@infidyne.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com> Subject: Re: Dell 2950: 4GB not seen (amd64; works on other 2950:s) Message-ID: <200708261650.35801.peter.schuller@infidyne.com> In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.2.20070824153203.0266aa40@mail.computinginnovations.com> References: <200708242148.36791.peter.schuller@infidyne.com> <6.0.0.22.2.20070824153203.0266aa40@mail.computinginnovations.com>
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> You need to look closely at the hardware configuration for these servers > and their motherboards. Often some memory is reserved for things like > onboard video, etc. You can free up that video memory by adding a separate > video card, but necessarily other memory that may be used by the > motherboard. Unfortunately with dell systems same model's don't > necessarily mean same motherboard. Also, how memory is used via the BIOS > is dependent on the BIOS version. You should try to be sure all systems > you want to compare have the same motherboard and chipset and that these > also have the same BIOS version. I'll have a closer look and inquire with Dell what the intended functionality is (hopefully it doesn't turn out to be something that requires Windows/Linux to work around). Thanks! -- / Peter Schuller PGP userID: 0xE9758B7D or 'Peter Schuller <peter.schuller@infidyne.com>' Key retrieval: Send an E-Mail to getpgpkey@scode.org E-Mail: peter.schuller@infidyne.com Web: http://www.scode.org
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