[mythtv-users] I've lost 1 gig of ram

Claude Gélinas claude at phyto.qc.ca
Thu Jan 22 05:03:55 UTC 2009


Le mercredi 21 janvier 2009 à 13:28 -0600, Stackpole, Chris a écrit :
> > From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org [mailto:mythtv-users-
> > bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Claude Gélinas
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 9:59 PM
> > Subject: [mythtv-users] I've lost 1 gig of ram
> > 
> > I just fire up a new FE/BE with 8 gig of ram but in the bios I get the
> > following
> > 
> > Installed memory 8192
> > Usable memory 7167
> > 
> > where is the missing gig ?
> > Is it normal or what can I do to get it back
> > 
> > motherboard is Asus M2N-SLI deluxe
> > CPU is AMD phenom X4 black edition
> [snip]
> 
> Having just gone through this* with a M2N-E MB, I would recommend that you upgrade to the latest BIOS. I am not 100% certain how to do it for your MB, but for mine I just downloaded the BIOS file in a zipped format, extracted the zip to a USB thumbdrive, booted into the BIOS, and did the upgrade from the ASUS BIOS update utility inside the BIOS.
> 
> I had only lost ~512MB of memory when I upgraded to 8GB, and it all shows up properly after the BIOS update. I also noticed that every BIOS release has added more/better processor support. I don't know if it will fix your problem, but it might.
> 
> I don't recommend the BETA update. Stick with version 1502 (currently the most up-to-date stable for your MB).
> 
> Have fun!
> ~Stack~
> 
I've flashed my bios to 1502 and it solve the missing cpu when enabling
Amd Cool n Quiet option.

I recover also 512 meg of ram. I'm now at  7684296 of 8192000 installed.
I've tried to disable  all unneeded device but it change nothing.

Thanks,

Claude



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