Re: Just installed 2 more Gigs of RAM and SBS only shows 3.25 out of 4 Gigs total

Tech-Archive recommends: Fix windows errors by optimizing your registry

That sounds like horse pucky. I've got a 2800 with 4 GB and it shows all 4.
I don't think the two servers are that much different.

Is you BIOS current? And see my other post about PAE.


"John" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:O%237myNG9GHA.4552@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
OK so the official answer from Dell is that just like on cheap
motherboards they are doing shared memory. So approx 500 megs of RAM is
being allocated to internal systems.


Nice..... :-(


John



"John" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:ezKJguF9GHA.4632@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Thanks Allan.

I will call Dell and see what I find out.

John



"Al Williams" <donotreplydirect@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:%230tC0nF9GHA.3740@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Most motherboards will not allow the entire 4GB to be used as they use a
lot of the upper memory for peripherals, etc. It has to do with the MB
chipsets, 32 bit OS, etc. - check the MB manual.

You may want to read the "RAM limits" post from the 17th as well.

--
Allan Williams



"John" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:OlZ3pfE9GHA.4084@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I am running a Dell 1800 with 2 gigs of RAM. I added 2 more last night
and the SBS2k3 only shows 3.25 gigs now. I checked the BIOS and it
shows 4 gigs. I also ran a Belarc just for kicks and it shows all 4
sticks.

I thought that perhaps I had modified the boot.ini with the /3 gig
switch but I did not.


Any ideas?


Thanks


John









.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Cant start X
    ... This is my first Linux install since then. ... uses shared memory. ... If your BIOS ... To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ...
    (Debian-User)
  • Re: rF and FPS?
    ... Following advice I read in this newsgroup I increased my swapfile to 2 gigs ... >>Have you tried disabling energy saving thingies in your bios? ... > Thanks Dave and Uwe! ...
    (rec.autos.simulators)
  • Re: Poor Performance With 4GB Memory
    ... Confirm that the motherboard detects all 4 gigs in the BIOS. ... Turn off silent & quick boot options in the BIOS so memory will be tested ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.vista.performance_maintenance)
  • Re: Hardware Problem - Asus A8N-VM CSM
    ... only 2.8 gigs of ram. ... And it's hardware related because in the bios setup the ones that show 2.8 show it in the bios. ... I tried swapping ram between one that saw 2.8 gigs and one that saw 4 gigs and the problem stays with the motherboard. ... options for creating a memory hole or hoisting memory? ...
    (Linux-Kernel)
  • Re: Medion MD95800 Das =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=22=DCberallnotebook=22?=
    ... ob und wenn ja wie bzw. wo man den Graphikspeicher ... Der Chipsatz Intel 915GM kann ja bis 128MB shared Memory verwenden. ... Im Bios kann ich nichts dazu finden, ...
    (de.comp.sys.notebooks)