memory reported less than installed

[Brie Gordon]

On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 7:12 AM, Joseph <ubuntu at e-pops.org> wrote:
>
> Are you sure???   I've always understood it as this:
>        1024 bytes = 1 Mb (megabytes)
>        1000 Mb = 1Gb (gigabytes)
>        1000 Gb = a whole bunch!!
>
> Joseph
>
>
>
> Peter Goggin wrote:
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> When you buy 1Gbyte of memory you get 1000 Megabytes. Some programs
> define a GByte of memory as 1024Mbytes. Thus these programs would show a
> shortfall of about 2%, i.e. 2 Gbytes (2000Mbytes) would show as 1.96
> Gbytes or thereabouts.
>
> Regards
>
>
> Peter Goggin
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
> [mailto:ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Bill Walton
> Sent: Tuesday, 12 August 2008 3:20 AM
> To: Ubuntu user technical support,not for general discussions
> Subject: Re: memory reported less than installed
>
> Hi Peter,
>
> Peter Goggin wrote:
>
>
>
>
> Remember that the amount of memory shown depends
> on the definition of Gbyte used.
>
>
> Could you say more about what you mean?  I wasn't aware definitions
> differed.
>
> Thanks,
> Bill
>
>
>
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We're definitely sure.
Here is a good description of how it works:
http://kb.iu.edu/data/ackw.html

Also, Bill, does your BIOS report all 10 GB?
(If this has already been answered, sorry, I didn't see it.)


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Regards,

Brie A. Gordon
A Linux Chica

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