Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Thu, 04 Nov 2010 22:35:20 -0400
From:      Jon Radel <jon@radel.com>
To:        justin v <vic@yeaguy.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Installed memory today, questions immediately
Message-ID:  <4CD36D68.5060100@radel.com>
In-Reply-To: <op.vlodtf0g82l4o8@hbca.yeaguy.com>

index | next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail

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.

-- 

--Jon Radel
jon@radel.com



help

Want to link to this message? Use this
URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?4CD36D68.5060100>