memory limit ?

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dreamfox

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Hello,

I have recently bought (6 months ago) a supermicro server with 512 MB.
The memory limit on the server is 8 GB.
I ordered 2 x 2 GB and put this in the server with freebsd 6
If i look in system info i see:
Processor Name Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU 5120 @ 1.86GHz (1866.75-MHz 686-class CPU)
Total Memory 3062.8 MB

I miss 1 GB.

in about 3 weeks i have to buy a new server
I was wondering how much memory can you use in a server with freebsd 6 32bits and directadmin?
Before I buy too much memory ;-)
 
What do you get from the output of

Code: 
grep -i 'memory' /var/run/dmesg.boot

and

Code: 
sysctl -a | grep -i 'hw.realmem'
 
server# grep -i 'memory' /var/run/dmesg.boot
real memory = 3220570112 (3071 MB)
avail memory = 3150508032 (3004 MB)

server# sysctl -a | grep -i 'hw.realmem'
hw.realmem: 3220570112
 
I would have them check your server then. There is no reason it should not be allowing you to have full 4 gigs ram. Maybe one stick is bad or they have to make changes in bios.

Freebsd out of the box should be able to run up to 16-32gigs of ram I think.
 
Strange thing is that its 2 x 2 GB
So if its a failure in memory I think then it must shown only 2 GB

What can I check in bios?
 
Well then it is probably the motherboard or bios limiting it to 3gb. You will have to look around in bios all manufactures are different where settings are located.
 
Sorry to bother you again.
But i did find already the manual

I think it has to do with this:
Possible System Memory Allocation & Availability
chapter: 2
page 2-7

Is that right?
 
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