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Subject: Re: Installed memory today, questions immediately
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On Thu, 04 Nov 2010 19:35:20 -0700, Jon Radel <jon@radel.com> wrote:

> On 11/4/10 10:13 PM, justin v wrote:
>>
>> I installed 4GB or memory today.  I rebooted and see this, the first
>> line after the splash menu thing:
>>
>> 983040K of memory above 4GB ignored
>>
>> dmesg shows avail mem amount and I am concerned as well:
>>
>> real memory  = 4294967296 (4096 MB)
>> avail memory = 3139940352 (2994 MB)
>>
>> is a stick bad perhaps?
>>
> Start by reading
> http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/compatibility-memory.html
>
> If that doesn't cover it, come back here and include a little
> information about the version of FreeBSD and the hardware you're using.
>


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Thank you, that covers it..