From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 16 23:02:32 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F3DB5106564A for ; Thu, 16 Jun 2011 23:02:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from traveling08@cox.net) Received: from fed1rmfepo103.cox.net (fed1rmfepo103.cox.net [68.230.241.145]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCAF28FC12 for ; Thu, 16 Jun 2011 23:02:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from fed1rmimpo02.cox.net ([70.169.32.72]) by fed1rmfepo103.cox.net (InterMail vM.8.01.04.00 201-2260-137-20101110) with ESMTP id <20110616230231.CHEM20516.fed1rmfepo103.cox.net@fed1rmimpo02.cox.net>; Thu, 16 Jun 2011 19:02:31 -0400 Received: from dell64 ([72.220.91.219]) by fed1rmimpo02.cox.net with bizsmtp id wn2X1g0034jy6EY04n2XU9; Thu, 16 Jun 2011 19:02:31 -0400 X-CT-Score: 0.00 X-CT-RefID: str=0001.0A020205.4DFA8B87.0040,ss=1,re=0.000,fgs=0 X-CT-Spam: 0 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=SPmPLnc/YPzADk30Gyv1IeI7DxEcAgWbYPJMz2yeYQM= c=1 sm=1 a=mJaSqCO6QmUA:10 a=G8Uczd0VNMoA:10 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=olICo1sKaMXbpqbYUd6B5g==:17 a=m_fZNAyMAAAA:8 a=4OBEuJWvQIkekT0qoRgA:9 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 a=S7qQ22fCEL4A:10 a=olICo1sKaMXbpqbYUd6B5g==:117 X-CM-Score: 0.00 Authentication-Results: cox.net; none Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 16:02:25 -0700 From: Robert To: Gary Gatten , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20110616160225.3d12900b@dell64> In-Reply-To: <9539_1308262171_4DFA7F1B_9539_135_1_D9B37353831173459FDAA836D3B43499BF89C545@WADPMBXV0.waddell.com> References: <20110616141030.0f3dc5f3@dell64> <9539_1308262171_4DFA7F1B_9539_135_1_D9B37353831173459FDAA836D3B43499BF89C545@WADPMBXV0.waddell.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.9 (GTK+ 2.22.1; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: Re: Strange memory reading (hardware) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 23:02:32 -0000 On Thu, 16 Jun 2011 17:09:30 -0500 Gary Gatten wrote: > It's quite simple really, it's another hidden tax - "Redistribution > of RAM". You see, even with all the entitlement programs "poor" > people can't afford more than 512MB of RAM. As you are certainly > aware that's not enough to watch YouTube and Hulu on their government > funded (tax payer funded) ultra high speed internet connections. So, > the government has taken some of your RAM (as you obviously can > afford to buy more if needed) and will give it to those who really > NEED it - so while they sit around collecting government aid (tax > payer earnings) their streaming video's will play smoothly. What! I didn't even vote for those guys. :-) > > Woa - I guess I digressed a bit... > > Ummm, sorry - I don't know why this would be. Is there some memory > mapped video (or disk controller?) stealing RAM? > I guess I wasn't clear. Only 2752 MB is show during POST instead 0f 4096. It has always shown 4096 on this MB. Thanks for lighting up my day with the above humor. :-) Robert