Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 16:02:25 -0700 From: Robert <traveling08@cox.net> To: Gary Gatten <Ggatten@waddell.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Strange memory reading (hardware) 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>
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On Thu, 16 Jun 2011 17:09:30 -0500 Gary Gatten <Ggatten@waddell.com> 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
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