4 Gig in new Prec 490 showing as 3 Gig?

[me at mattgillen.net (Matthew Gillen)]

run 'dmidecode' in linux and look for the "Memory Device" sections.  See if
there's anything different about one of the banks.

Matt

Scott Ehrlich wrote:
> BIOS' Memory Info page (author's note - none of these items can be
> changed - just a summary):
> 
> Installed Memory = 4.0 FB
> Memory Speed = 667 MHz
> Memory Channel Mode = Quad
> Memory Technology = FB-DIMM DDR2 SDRAM (ECC)
> 
> <author's note> - Memory slot diagram shows all slots filled,
> each with 512 MB ECC Rank 1 FBD x8 RAM </author's note>
> 
> Scott
> 
> 
> On Wed, 2 May 2007, Jack Daniel wrote:
> 
>> Are the pairs in the memory banks *really* pairs?  I know that Precisions
>> want matched pairs in each bank.
>>
>> Jack
>>
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Scott Ehrlich [mailto:scott at MIT.EDU]
>>> Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 3:39 PM
>>> To: discuss at blu.org
>>> Subject: 4 Gig in new Prec 490 showing as 3 Gig?
>>>
>>>
>>> I have 4 gig RAM installed in a brand new Dell Precision
>>> Workstation 490
>>> (BIOS confirms this) but both Win XP 32-bit and Knoppix 5.1.1
>>> show 3 Gig
>>> available.
>>>
>>> What happened to the last 1 gig of memory?
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> Scott
>>>
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