6 GB of RAM but just 4 working

[NoOp]

On 02/09/2010 05:26 PM, Karl F. Larsen wrote:
...
> 	I am using Lucid 64bit software. But still only 4 of 6 GB 
> showing on top. I need to read my info on my computer to see 
> why. I have 4 plugs for 4 2GB RAM or 8GB total.

$ sudo lshw > lshwkarl.txt

Provide the first portion of your lshwkarl.txt file showing the
motherboard and ram (please not the entire file) - example:

>     description: Computer
>     product: Springdale-G
>     width: 32 bits
>     capabilities: smbios-2.3 dmi-2.3 smp-1.4 smp
>     configuration: boot=normal cpus=1 uuid=5721B122-C1BB-11D8-880B-000C6E82A6BA
>   *-core
>        description: Motherboard
>        product: D865GBF
>        vendor: Intel Corporation
>        physical id: 0
>        version: AAC25843-408
>        serial: FCBF42507415
>        slot: VIDEO
>      *-firmware
>           description: BIOS
>           vendor: Intel Corp.
>           physical id: 0
>           version: BF86510A.86A.0069.P21.0409290100 (09/29/2004)
>           size: 64KiB
>           capacity: 448KiB
>           capabilities: pci pnp apm upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect edd int13floppynec int13floppytoshiba int13floppy360 int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video acpi usb agp ls120boot zipboot biosbootspecification netboot
>      *-cpu
>           description: CPU
>           product: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz
>           vendor: Intel Corp.
>           physical id: 4
>           bus info: cpu at 0
>           version: 15.3.3
>           serial: 0000-0F33-0000-0000-0000-0000
>           slot: J2E1
>           size: 2400MHz
>           capacity: 3060MHz
>           width: 32 bits
>           clock: 133MHz
>           capabilities: boot fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe constant_tsc up pebs bts pni monitor ds_cpl cid
>           configuration: id=0
>         *-cache:0
>              description: L1 cache
>              physical id: 5
>              slot: None
>              size: 16KiB
>              capacity: 16KiB
>              capabilities: pipeline-burst internal varies data
>         *-cache:1
>              description: L2 cache
>              physical id: 6
>              slot: None
>              size: 1MiB
>              capacity: 1MiB
>              capabilities: pipeline-burst internal varies unified
>      *-memory
>           description: System Memory
>           physical id: 39
>           slot: System board or motherboard
>           size: 1GiB
>         *-bank:0
>              description: DIMM DDR Synchronous 333 MHz (3.0 ns)
>              product: PartNum1
>              vendor: Manufacturer1
>              physical id: 0
>              serial: SerNum1
>              slot: J6G1
>              size: 512MiB
>              width: 64 bits
>              clock: 333MHz (3.0ns)
>         *-bank:1
>              description: DIMM DDR Synchronous 333 MHz (3.0 ns) [empty]
>              product: PartNum2
>              vendor: Manufacturer2
>              physical id: 1
>              serial: SerNum2
>              slot: J6G2
>              width: 64 bits
>              clock: 333MHz (3.0ns)
>         *-bank:2
>              description: DIMM DDR Synchronous 333 MHz (3.0 ns)
>              product: PartNum3
>              vendor: Manufacturer3
>              physical id: 2
>              serial: SerNum3
>              slot: J6H1
>              size: 512MiB
>              width: 64 bits
>              clock: 333MHz (3.0ns)
>         *-bank:3
>              description: DIMM DDR Synchronous 333 MHz (3.0 ns) [empty]
>              product: PartNum4
>              vendor: Manufacturer4
>              physical id: 3
>              serial: SerNum4
>              slot: J6H2
>              width: 64 bits
>              clock: 333MHz (3.0ns)