any way to solve it?
thx a lot
why my 4GB ram only recongized as 3.86GB
Re: why my 4GB ram only recongized as 3.86GB
i found this strange message in dmesg
Your BIOS doesn't leave a aperture memory hole
Please enable the IOMMU option in the BIOS setup
This costs you 64 MB of RAM
Mapping aperture over 65536 KB of RAM @ 4000000
Your BIOS doesn't leave a aperture memory hole
Please enable the IOMMU option in the BIOS setup
This costs you 64 MB of RAM
Mapping aperture over 65536 KB of RAM @ 4000000
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Re: why my 4GB ram only recongized as 3.86GB
[quote]Please enable the IOMMU option in the BIOS setup
This costs you 64 MB of RAM[/quote]
So you have discovered the solution to your RAM discrepancy. :-D
4 GB less 64 MB is approximately equal to 3.86 GB.
Just enable the IOMMU option in your BIOS and the system will see all 4 GB of your memory.
This costs you 64 MB of RAM[/quote]
So you have discovered the solution to your RAM discrepancy. :-D
4 GB less 64 MB is approximately equal to 3.86 GB.
Just enable the IOMMU option in your BIOS and the system will see all 4 GB of your memory.