[arch-general] Can't see all my memory

Aurko Roy roy.aurko at gmail.com
Fri Sep 21 06:47:53 EDT 2012


On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 4:16 PM, Roel Deckers <r.deckers.93 at gmail.com>wrote:

> Does the missing memory show up in other OSs?
> It can be faulty ram if it doesn't show up in any OS, recently had that
> problem.
>
> On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 12:37 PM, Guillermo Leira <gleira at gleira.com>
> wrote:
> > Hello!
> >
> > I've installed an x86_64 Arch on a PC with 8 GB, but it seems to be
> seeing
> > just four. What have I done wrong?
> >
> > Bios sees 4 x 2GB Modules and reports 8 GB, but top or free report only 4
> > GB.
> >
> > Best Regards
> >
> > Guillermo Leira
> >
> >
> >
> >
>

You could try running memtest86+ on boot and see if it detects the
additional memory.

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