-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 27/09/09 14:57, Aioanei Rares wrote: > j.andra...@gmail.com wrote: >> Hello, >> >> last week, when booting a virtual machine, I discovered that my laptop >> only recognizes one of the RAM modules (supposed to be 1 GB, but truly >> providing 880 MB). I realized this when VirtualBox complained that I >> had configured more than the available RAM to the virtual machine. I >> had not changed the virtual machine configuration, and the virtual >> machine had about 950 MB assigned (and my physical host, only had 880 >> MB). >> >> Since I previously had 2 GB of RAM, I assumed one of the chips was >> broken somehow. I replaced one of them, and I still got this output >> for the "free" command: >> >> $ free >> total used free shared buffers >> cached >> Mem: 902264 892608 9656 0 23624 621432 >> >> >> So I put the original module back on, and changed the other one. I >> entered the BIOS, and it detected 2048 MB of RAM. I run a test on >> the memory (from the BIOS), and everything seemed allright. But my >> Debian keeps seeing only 902264 of RAM. >> >> I downloaded a new Kernel, re-compiled, but everything is still the >> same. I am running Debian Sid, if that could matter, but I can't see >> how that would affect the amount of RAM available. >> >> Running lshw, I get the following ouput: >> >> *-memory >> description: System Memory >> physical id: a >> slot: System board or motherboard >> size: 2GiB >> *-bank:0 >> description: SODIMM DDR2 Synchronous 533 MHz (1.9 ns) >> product: 9905293-014.A00LF >> vendor: 7F98000000000000 >> physical id: 0 >> serial: 41CC9DE7 >> slot: DIMM #1 >> size: 1GiB >> width: 64 bits >> clock: 533MHz (1.9ns) >> *-bank:1 >> description: SODIMM DDR2 Synchronous 667 MHz (1.5 ns) >> product: 9905295-066.A00LF >> vendor: 7F98000000000000 >> physical id: 1 >> serial: 66078142 >> slot: DIMM #2 >> size: 1GiB >> width: 64 bits >> clock: 667MHz (1.5ns) >> >> >> Could the difference between the clocks available on the RAM chips >> only allow for one of them to be used? >> Thank you in advance, >> >> Best Regards, >> >> -- >> Jonás Andradas >> >> Skype: jontux >> LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/andradas >> GPG Fingerprint: 678F 7BD0 83C3 28CE 9E8F >> 3F7F 4D87 9996 E0C6 9372 >> Keyservers: pgp.mit.edu | pgp.rediris.es >> > Please post the output of your dmesg. > > Could we also have the output of uname -a please.
Thanks Harry Rickards <hricka...@l33tmyst.com> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iJwEAQECAAYFAkq+MfUACgkQ+9DWHFhEn2/kwwQAlcNfsn2wUAoJUuWWpJOtcvQY vAVD1Wcu/VpQG3RsLruKOZ8g9PvQhImqVj838xmc1eyb2uiotl95+HCwVEtT9QfV Gms6e24N1whV8atu6wEXWfYjE+7/GtUcL5MqavADUglwf4GY8ivQGe9zjm5i5ZNu oXhbkjzUbmoIVE0fmro= =gWng -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-laptop-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
