Fedora 10 x64 doesn't detect all RAM

[Mike Burger]

Tosh wrote:
> spmirowski wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am running a Dell 370 with 4 GB of RAM. Vista 32 SP1 shows that 4 GB
>> is installed in System Properties. The change
>> from 3 GB to 4GB wasn't picked up in Fedora 10 x64. It's a Intel 925X
>> chipset if that helps out. Does anyone know
>> why it might not register 4 GB on a 64 bit OS?
>>
>> free mem
>>
>> total used free shared buffers cached
>> Mem: 3092948 1524736 1568212 0 46608 701228
>> -/+ buffers/cache: 776900 2316048
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Stephen
>>
> bios limitation, nothing to do with linux
> have had the same problems on many boards
> try the following :
> (1) update bios
> (2) run live linux to check
> (3) update grub (reinstall if necessary)
> (4) upgrade to new kernel
> if these steps do not work, well then it is a hardware issue, nothing 
> to do with the software
>
Additionally, it could have something to do with how much memory was 
given to on-board video, if on-board video is in use.

Otherwise, I'm in agreement...F10 64bit sees all 4GB on my Acer Aspire 
5100 laptop.