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Subject: Re: Dell 2950: 4GB not seen (amd64; works on other 2950:s)
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> Derek triggered a thought ... I believe the 2950s have the ability to
> do "RAM RAID1", to increase RAM reliability.  If that belief is correct,
> it could be that you've got 4G physically in the machine, but only 2G
> logically available to the OS.
>
> At least, I think I remember seeing an option like that in a BIOS ...

Now that you mention it I do think I recognize that. It would fit with the ~ 2 
GB visible memory, but on the other hand the kernel does print the full 4 GB 
during boot. But will definitely have to look into that.

Thanks!

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