[ale] memory

[Cor van Dijk]

Hi Robert
I had a similar problem a while back. It turned out that my memory modules were
from different manufacturers. Replacing them with modules from the same
manufacturer solved my problem. Still need to tell lilo about it with an an
"append ... " line. Cor




Robert Heaven wrote:

> I've tried re-seating them, rotating them and even swapping them out
> completely (with another computer) and nothing seems to help.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Wandered Inn <esoteric at atlnet.com>
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
> Sent: Monday, September 18, 2000 8:42 AM
> Subject: Re: [ale] memory
>
> > Robert Heaven wrote:
> > >
> > > I'm having a similar problem with a motherboard that has an SIS chipset.
> > > Initially, it showed 64M and I moved the 2 DIMMs around and then it
> showed
> > > 128M. Unfortunately, about a week later, for no reason, it went back to
> 64M.
> > > My next step will be to change to a different motherboard (one day this
> > > week) and see if that works.
> >
> > Sounds to me like maybe one of sticks is either not seated well, dirty,
> > slot is dirty, or the stick is going bad.  Try reseating them and see if
> > that makes a difference.
> >
> > >
> > > -Robert
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Terzo <mterzo at mindspring.net>
> > > To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
> > > Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2000 5:03 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [ale] memory
> > >
> > > >
> > > > did you run lilo have you made the change?
> > > >
> > > > --terzo
> > > >
> > > > On Sun, 17 Sep 2000, wizard wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Thanks for your response, and yours as well, Chris. I have done this
> and
> > > > > I still am showing only 64M total memory. Any other suggestions?
> > > > >
> > > > > Ed.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Terzo wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > in lilo
> > > > > >
> > > > > > image=/boot/vmlinuz
> > > > > > ->      append="mem=128M"
> > > > > >     label=linux
> > > > > >     read-only
> > > > > >     root=/dev/hda1
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --terzo
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Thu, 14 Sep 2000, wizard wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > I have seen this here before. I am running SuSE 6.4 (kernal
> 2.2.14).
> > > I
> > > > > > > have 128M of ram, but only 64M are showing in top.
> > > > > > > How do I get the other 64M recognized? (It shows on the bios
> > > screen).
> > > > > > > Ed.
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