Re: Only 3.6gb of 64gb RAM recognized by 64bit squeeze
On Thu, 10 May 2012, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
> If this doesn't fix the issue, and memtest and other utils can see all
> 64GB just fine, then I'd say you're dealing with a BIOS bug.
The very top of /var/log/dmesg has the kernel debug output about the memory
map. It might well tell us very quickly who is the culprit, if the user
with the problem can post it for the best working case and the non-working
case.
> BTW, you originally mentioned you pulled all 16 sticks from a production
> server that had run fine for months/years, and installed them in this
> system. Now you tell use you ordered the 16 Mushkin sticks for this
> build. This conflicting story leads me to wonder exactly what memory
> you have, where you're being straight with us, and where you're not.
> Makes it really hard to assist in this troubleshooting effort when we
> don't know what information is reliable.
Indeed.
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