Is there any way I can get access to the rest of my memory?

Tue Sep 25 19:13:35 UTC 2012

On 2012-09-25 18:35 (GMT+0100) Graham Watkins composed:

> uname -a output: Linux gingecat 3.2.0-30-generic-pae #48-Ubuntu SMP Fri
> Aug 24 17:14:09 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

> According to System Monitor, 3031Mb is available.   According to my
> bios, 4Gb is installed and 3Gb is usable

> Processor: 2x Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual  CPU  E2180  @ 2.00GHz

> Is this any good for 64 bit?

Be careful trying to upgrade from a P4 to a multicore CPU. Earlier chipsets 
typically support Conroe (65nm) but not Wolfdale (45nm), e.g. 965P. With 65nm 
E2180 you'd probably be good to go, but not with a much faster 45nm E7500.
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