I installed 4GB or memory today. I rebooted and see this, the first line after the splash menu thing:

983040K of memory above 4GB ignored

dmesg shows avail mem amount and I am concerned as well:

real memory  = 4294967296 (4096 MB)
avail memory = 3139940352 (2994 MB)

is a stick bad perhaps?




yeaguy# dmidecode -t memory
# dmidecode 2.10
SMBIOS 2.3 present.

Handle 0x1000, DMI type 16, 15 bytes
Physical Memory Array
        Location: System Board Or Motherboard
        Use: System Memory
        Error Correction Type: Single-bit ECC
        Maximum Capacity: 1 GB
        Error Information Handle: Not Provided
        Number Of Devices: 4

Handle 0x1100, DMI type 17, 27 bytes
Memory Device
        Array Handle: 0x1000
        Error Information Handle: Not Provided
        Total Width: 64 bits
        Data Width: 64 bits
        Size: 1024 MB
        Form Factor: DIMM
        Set: None
        Locator: DIMM_1
        Bank Locator: Not Specified
        Type: DDR
        Type Detail: Synchronous
        Speed: 800 MHz
        Manufacturer: 7F7F7F7F7F9B0000
        Serial Number: 00000000
        Asset Tag: 000A28
        Part Number: CT12864AA800.M8FH

Handle 0x1101, DMI type 17, 27 bytes
Memory Device
        Array Handle: 0x1000
        Error Information Handle: Not Provided
        Total Width: 64 bits
        Data Width: 64 bits
        Size: 1024 MB
        Form Factor: DIMM
        Set: None
        Locator: DIMM_3
        Bank Locator: Not Specified
        Type: DDR
        Type Detail: Synchronous
        Speed: 800 MHz
        Manufacturer: 7F7F7F7F7F9B0000
        Serial Number: 00000000
        Asset Tag: 000A28
        Part Number: CT12864AA800.M8FH

Handle 0x1102, DMI type 17, 27 bytes
Memory Device
        Array Handle: 0x1000
        Error Information Handle: Not Provided
        Total Width: 64 bits
        Data Width: 64 bits
        Size: 1024 MB
        Form Factor: DIMM
        Set: None
        Locator: DIMM_2
        Bank Locator: Not Specified
        Type: DDR
        Type Detail: Synchronous
        Speed: 800 MHz
        Manufacturer: 7F7F7F7F7F9B0000
        Serial Number: 00000000
        Asset Tag: 000A28
        Part Number: CT12864AA800.M8FH

Handle 0x1103, DMI type 17, 27 bytes
Memory Device
        Array Handle: 0x1000
        Error Information Handle: Not Provided
        Total Width: 64 bits
        Data Width: 64 bits
        Size: 1024 MB
        Form Factor: DIMM
        Set: None
        Locator: DIMM_4
        Bank Locator: Not Specified
        Type: DDR
        Type Detail: Synchronous
        Speed: 800 MHz
        Manufacturer: 7F7F7F7F7F9B0000
        Serial Number: 00000000
        Asset Tag: 000A28
        Part Number: CT12864AA800.M8FH

yeaguy#


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