| Casey Bralla on 30 May 2011 10:08:26 -0700 |
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| Re: [PLUG] The mystery of the missing megabytes |
On Monday 30 May 2011 12:00:33 PM Adam Zion wrote: > This 64 bit Ubuntu box only sees 3762 GB of RAM rather than 4096. > That's total RAM, as per free -mt: > > adam@calvin:~$ free -mt > total used free shared buffers cached > Mem: 3762 1807 1954 0 95 1023 > -/+ buffers/cache: 688 3073 > Swap: 1784 0 1784 > Total: 5546 1807 3739 > adam@calvin:~$ > > Are those missing 334 MB just invisible to Ubuntu? Are they being used by > video? > > -Z It sound slike you've got bad memory. Have you tried running Memtest86+? Sometimes you can get oxide on the RAM chips metal pads adn have to remove them and reinsert them into your motherboard. Good luck! -- Casey Bralla Chief Nerd in Residence The NerdWorld Organisation http://www.NerdWorld.org ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug