memory reported less than installed

[Mario Xerxes Castelán Castro]

Bill Walton escribió:
> Greetings!
>  
> I just added an additional 8GB to the 2GB I previously had installed, 
> but the System Monitor's only reporting 9.7GB.  Is there something 
> wrong or is this expected?  The system's a Dell Precision 670 with 
> dual 3.2 Xeons running 8.04 (hardy).
>  
> TIA
> Bill
Do not worry, if you do not have a video card, a chunk of the RAM is 
used by the BIOS to emulate the video memory
In most motherboards you can change the amount of this emulated memory, 
maybe you only need 32 MB.
PD 1: I can't tell you the exact procedure to change the amount of 
emulated memory because it is not the same for all motherboards
PD 2: Only for curiosity, why you install 10 GB of memory ?