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SubjectRe: Only 3.2G ram out of 4G seen in an i386 box
Replying to Thomas Stewart:
> Hi,
> I have a Dell Optiplex GX280, a Pentium 4 with an Intel chipset. It has
> 4G of ram. The problem is I can only see 3.2G, even tho the bios reports
> 4G.

Chipset issue. Some Intel chipsets are doing strange things with memory
map. They call this "design flaw" but not offered free replacements
yet, so, for example, on SE7221BK1E you can't use more than 3 gigs.

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