From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 16 23:36:33 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 1A5A3106567C for ; Thu, 16 Jun 2011 23:36:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com) Received: from mail.r-bonomi.com (mx-out.r-bonomi.com [204.87.227.120]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C85658FC0C for ; Thu, 16 Jun 2011 23:36:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: (from bonomi@localhost) by mail.r-bonomi.com (8.14.4/rdb1) id p5GNa5tx010629; Thu, 16 Jun 2011 18:36:05 -0500 (CDT) Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 18:36:05 -0500 (CDT) From: Robert Bonomi Message-Id: <201106162336.p5GNa5tx010629@mail.r-bonomi.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, traveling08@cox.net In-Reply-To: <20110616141030.0f3dc5f3@dell64> Cc: Subject: Re: OT: 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 23:36:33 -0000 > From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Jun 16 16:56:48 2011 > Return-Path: > Received: from mail.r-bonomi.com (ns2.r-bonomi.com [204.87.227.129]) > by mail2.r-bonomi.com (8.14.4/rdb2) with ESMTP id p5GLumlV010091 > for ; Thu, 16 Jun 2011 16:56:48 -0500 (CDT) > Received: from mx2.freebsd.org (mx2.freebsd.org [69.147.83.53]) > by mail.r-bonomi.com (8.14.3/rdb2) with ESMTP id p5GLudZT008266 > for ; Thu, 16 Jun 2011 16:56:39 -0500 (CDT) > Received: from hub.freebsd.org (hub.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::36]) > by mx2.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C936D1A7089; > Thu, 16 Jun 2011 21:56:17 +0000 (UTC) > Received: from hub.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) > by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BD831065705; > Thu, 16 Jun 2011 21:56:16 +0000 (UTC) > (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org) > 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 23E85106564A > for ; > Thu, 16 Jun 2011 21:56:08 +0000 (UTC) > (envelope-from traveling08@cox.net) > Received: from fed1rmfepo102.cox.net (fed1rmfepo102.cox.net [68.230.241.144]) > by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA3F68FC15 > for ; > Thu, 16 Jun 2011 21:56:07 +0000 (UTC) > Received: from fed1rmimpo02.cox.net ([70.169.32.72]) by fed1rmfepo101.cox.net > (InterMail vM.8.01.04.00 201-2260-137-20101110) with ESMTP id > <20110616211036.XEGD17030.fed1rmfepo101.cox.net@fed1rmimpo02.cox.net> > for ; Thu, 16 Jun 2011 17:10:36 -0400 > Received: from dell64 ([72.220.91.219]) by fed1rmimpo02.cox.net with bizsmtp > id wlAb1g00m4jy6EY04lAbTe; Thu, 16 Jun 2011 17:10:35 -0400 > X-CT-Score: 0.00 > X-CT-RefID: str=0001.0A02020A.4DFA714C.000D,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=psGcP66QiRcA:10 a=G8Uczd0VNMoA:10 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 > a=olICo1sKaMXbpqbYUd6B5g==:17 a=FRAN3z_KNnB9zMti78sA:9 > a=Vsz6ik2fFBHHgstyK_YA:7 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 > a=olICo1sKaMXbpqbYUd6B5g==:117 > X-CM-Score: 0.00 > Authentication-Results: cox.net; none > Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 14:10:30 -0700 > From: Robert > To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" > Message-ID: <20110616141030.0f3dc5f3@dell64> > 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 > Subject: OT: 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: , > > Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Errors-To: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Status: R > > Greetings > > I have a strange problem with memory on one of my computers. I have > recently converted this computer to a NAS server. It is an Asus > A8N-VM MB running freenas amd64. I have 4 one Gig memory sticks > installed and as well as I can remember, it had always seen the 4 Gig > of RAM. Most recently I had 9 current installed. > > The problem is not with freenas as it is absolutely hardware. > > I have tested with all of the sticks installed and with one at a time. > When all of the sticks are installed, BIOS show a total of 2752 MB of > RAM. If any of the sticks are installed alone in any of the four slots, > BIOS then shows 960 MB instead of the 1024 one would expect. > > Quickly subtracting 960 from 1024 gets 64 MB missing. Hmmm, perhaps an > address lead or data lead on the MB is open. This I can understand, but > using any finagling factors I can think of, I can't get close to the > missing total of 1344 MB (4096-2752). > > The freenas system runs quite well with the available memory but I was > wondering if anyone could help me understand this problem. > > Thank you for reading this and i hope you are having a great day. > > Robert > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >