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2011-02-16, 12:26
(This post was last modified: 2011-02-17, 18:08 by Tyler Durden.)
Just installed 2 sticks of 2GB into my Acer Revo, and when checking out the BIOS it shows Total Memory as only 2816MB, where's the rest?
SOLUTION -
Just for clarity for anyone else with this perceived issue I thought I would explain how the Acer Revo R3600 uses 4GB of RAM. Thanks to Acer support for there quick response to my question.
2816MB Physical Memory + 512MB Video Memory + 512MB PCI Hardware Resources + 256MB PCI Express does indeed equal 4096MB.
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Hey Fight Club,
What OS are you on?
If your 32bit, then you'll only ever see about 3GB. That's Windows reporting 3GB, however it may be slighty less. I remember a Win7 beta that reported the exact RAM amount being used, then in a later beta they had rounded it up (so for example 2771MB changed to 3GB).
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There is no better way then just check it at boot time - there is mem test (computer - not OS) and it should show whole system memory (- reserved for IGP).
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Just booted and gone into the BIOS, under product information it shows 2816MB.
Strange!?
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Check how much is reserved for IGP. For me it looks like u have 2gb + 1gb - 256 mb for IGP == exacly 2816. But if you are sure its 2x 2gb - I would try booting with just 1 stick (do it for those two) to see if booth alone are 2gb (ie if booth stick are working good).
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2011-02-16, 13:45
(This post was last modified: 2011-02-16, 13:49 by Tyler Durden.)
I have iGPU Frame rate Buffer Size set to 512mb, and each of the sticks show up as 1536MB when installed individually.
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XBMC Live has no pae kernel, it can't "see" 4GB RAM.
you could change kernel and install a PAE supported one but please note that there a reports of crashes on music.
I am in a similar situation but had to go back to non-PAE kernel "renouncing" to 1GB RAM because 10.04 pae kernel made xbmc crash and reboot all the time (see my posts on the subject, I later on discovered it was the pae kernel).
Haven't tried with newer kernels yet, don't want to mess again
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