I don't understand why we don't understand each other on this point. I have a 64-bit processor and a 64-bit operating system; I should have no trouble addressing 128 GB.
Your BIOS is reporting 3.5 GB, so it has nothing to do with the OS. Theoretically, you can tell the kernel to see 4 GB of memory, and if it's addressable and physically there, it will find it. You can do this with the mem= parameter (modify lilo/grub.conf).
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Video memory only reduces currently-available memory if you've used up your addressing limit.
Where do you get this idea? Most video controllers use system memory. How much they use is usually configured in the BIOS. What BIOS do you have, and what's the version? This is reported on POST. You can also see it in BIOS setup. Changing video memory is almost always an option in BIOS setup. Perhaps this parameter reset itself when you added memory?
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3. The motherboard can only address 32 bits, so only 3.5 GB can be used.
4. The BIOS is misconfigured to address only 32 bits, so only 3.5 GB can be used.
These are absurd! 32 bits can address 4 GB.
Check video RAM usage.
This is HIGHLY plausible. Perhaps by handling the sticks you have shorted out one or more chips. Or, perhaps one of your sticks is slower than the others and needs a slower refresh rate. Each stick has an ID, a frequency (or data rate) and a series of numbers after, like 3200-3-2-2-3. All yours should be the same. If not, you have to tell the BIOS to go with the larges value in each slot. For instance, if you have one stick that says (-3-2-2-4) and another that is (-3-3-2-3), you need (-3-3-2-4).
Hi!
I'm not a UNIX fanatic but I like using it for the
Oracle database since it's not stable in the Windows NT
environment (what is?).
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Hi,
how to know size of physical memory under AIX ?
Many thanks.
PS :
man -k memory
man : 0703-310 Fichier man introuvable.
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