Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 21:57:53 +0100 From: "Dave" <dave@g8kbv.demon.co.uk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Strange memory reading (hardware) Message-ID: <4DFBBFD1.29262.439E4736@dave.g8kbv.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20110616160225.3d12900b@dell64> References: <20110616141030.0f3dc5f3@dell64>, <9539_1308262171_4DFA7F1B_9539_135_1_D9B37353831173459FDAA836D3B43499BF89C545@WADPMBXV0.waddell.com>, <20110616160225.3d12900b@dell64>
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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 > > What does Memtest86 show, if you try running that? I've had issues in the past where one stick has a single bad bit (in a 512M stick) that caused all sorts of strange things with the BIOS, but not the OS!.. Memtest86 (eventually) found it, testing 1 stick at a time in each of 4 slots. Took ages... DaveB
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