[Leaplist] Only seeing 3G memory

[Gray Frost]

I contacted emachines tech support chat line.  who ever/what ever says that
I should be able to show 4 gig which confirms what I have read.  What are
the chances that the memory cards are not compatible for some reason?

On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 9:09 PM, Gray Frost <grayf327 at gmail.com> wrote:

> In the Extended Memory section of the bios setup utility it shows 2881536k
> which is what I am seeing with the software.  I did some testing with each
> and every memory chip by starting off with each one all by its lonesome in
> the first of the four slots (blue slots).  They all showed 1gig as seen by
> the bios.  So no reason to suspect the memory.
>
> Then I added each one individually to slot number 2 (blue slots so far)
> and combine for every one was 2G as seen by the bios.  Good this make since
>
> This is where it gets interesting and I am not very experienced?  I added
> each of the remaining memory sticks to the third slot (first slot of black)
> and the bios still only showed 2 gig.  This did not make since to me so I
> removed and tried each in the fourth slot and still the bios only showed
> 2G.  ARRR??
>
> When I put both in the third and fourth slot (both blacks) then I get the
> 2882560k.   Ok so the individual slots third or fourth slots don't register
> any additional change from 2gig but having both of them adds the  0.8Gig.
>
> hmmm  this is why I was wondering if there was something in the bios i need
> to set to get it to read all four gigs.  Maybe flashing with a newer version
> of the bios?
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 11:17 AM, Steve Litt <slitt at troubleshooters.com>wrote:
>
>> Hey Gray,
>>
>> Just for fun, try booting and going into the bios, and see if you can find
>> a
>> memory amount within the bios setup screens. That will tell you whether
>> the
>> hardware/bios isn't seeing it, or whether Linux isn't seeing it.
>>
>> SteveT
>>
>> On Wednesday 08 October 2008 12:21:26 am Gray Frost wrote:
>> > This is my meminfo:
>> >
>> >
>> > @localhost ~]$ head /proc/meminfo
>> > MemTotal:      2835288 kB
>> > MemFree:       2038288 kB
>> > Buffers:         14896 kB
>> > Cached:         296064 kB
>> > SwapCached:          0 kB
>> > Active:         519504 kB
>> > Inactive:       189280 kB
>> > SwapTotal:     2031608 kB
>> > SwapFree:      2031608 kB
>> > Dirty:              88 kB
>> >
>> > On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 11:30 PM, Steve Litt
>> <slitt at troubleshooters.com>wrote:
>> > > On Tuesday 07 October 2008 08:02:49 pm Gray Frost wrote:
>> > > > I hear what you are saying about motherboards and chipsets not able
>> to
>> > >
>> > > read
>> > >
>> > > > more than 4 gig but this one is advertised and reviewed as having
>> that
>> > > > capability.
>> > >
>> > > I had no idea this was a problem. I guess I got lucky on my new
>> computer:
>> > >
>> > > [slitt at mydesk ~]$ head /proc/meminfo
>> > > MemTotal:      8302156 kB
>> > > MemFree:       7208548 kB
>> > > Buffers:        130496 kB
>> > > Cached:         548688 kB
>> > > SwapCached:          0 kB
>> > > Active:         436012 kB
>> > > Inactive:       516796 kB
>> > > HighTotal:     7461376 kB
>> > > HighFree:      6609788 kB
>> > > LowTotal:       840780 kB
>> > > [slitt at mydesk ~]$
>> > >
>> > > SteveT
>> > >
>> > > Steve Litt
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>> > >
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