Lennart Sorensen wrote: Hi Len, * !
>>question is: where is my memory ?! it's too much to be a miscalculation >>of some form (like the HDD manufacturers do it :) could anyone make >>sense of my BIOS-provided physical RAM map if i posted it? what am i >>missing? > > > There is usually a memory hole for BIOS and PCI access, at 3.5 to 4GB. > So unless your bios supports memory holes/memory remapping (most do with > the right bios setting), then you loose that ram. Check your bios for > some settings related to memory holes or something similar. > > According to what I remember, a setting for 'memory hole' in the bios > should be set to 'software' on tyan boards (assuming your bios is new > enough to have the option). Back when I saw this, they were talking > about having to use beta bios releases to get the option, but that was a > while ago (as in last fall). ah, that sounds reasonable. i've seen this option but the short description didnt make sense to me. perhaps my BIOS also isnt new enough. i will check all this once i can reboot the machine again (which is, when everyone else left the office and i'm still around). thanks a bunch, Raimund -- Die Lösung für effizientes Kundenbeziehungsmanagement. Jetzt informieren: http://www.universal-messenger.de Pinuts media+science GmbH http://www.pinuts.de Dipl.-Inform. Raimund Jacob [EMAIL PROTECTED] Krausenstr. 9-10 voice : +49 30 59 00 90 322 10117 Berlin fax : +49 30 59 00 90 390 Germany -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]