On Thu, Oct 10, 2024 at 12:07:03AM +0200, Zbigniew Kossowski wrote: > I have 2 HP Proliant miniserver and upgraded RAM from 1x4GB to 2x8GB (by YT > user). > > First server: > BIOS sees 16GB, dmesg sees 16GB spdmem0 and 1 but only 4GB of RAM > > # dmesg |grep mem > real mem = 3622907904 (3455MB) > avail mem = 3539423232 (3375MB) > spdmem0 at iic0 addr 0x50: 8GB DDR3 SDRAM PC3-12800 with thermal sensor > spdmem1 at iic0 addr 0x51: 8GB DDR3 SDRAM PC3-12800 with thermal sensor > > I have upgraded from 7.4 i386 to 7.5 amd64 due to the fact that server has > AMD Turion processor. > This made a job. > > # dmesg |grep mem > real mem = 17028415488 (16239MB) > avail mem = 16491167744 (15727MB) > spdmem0 at iic0 addr 0x50: 8GB DDR3 SDRAM PC3-12800 > spdmem1 at iic0 addr 0x51: 8GB DDR3 SDRAM PC3-12800 > > In a second server I have upgraded from 7.5 i386 to 7.6 i386 but server > sees only 4GB of RAM > > # dmesg |grep mem > real mem = 3622907904 (3455MB) > avail mem = 3539423232 (3375MB) > spdmem0 at iic0 addr 0x50: 8GB DDR3 SDRAM PC3-12800 with thermal sensor > spdmem1 at iic0 addr 0x51: 8GB DDR3 SDRAM PC3-12800 with thermal sensor > > Is anybody with similar experiences? Any ideas how to fix RAM? > > Regards > Zbigniew Kossowski
As stated in the other reply, i386 only supports 4GB physical memory.
