Dell 2950: 4GB not seen (amd64; works on other 2950:s)

[Peter Schuller]

> You need to look closely at the hardware configuration for these servers
> and their motherboards.  Often some memory is reserved for things like
> onboard video, etc.  You can free up that video memory by adding a separate
> video card, but necessarily other memory that may be used by the
> motherboard.  Unfortunately with dell systems same model's don't
> necessarily mean same motherboard.  Also, how memory is used via the BIOS
> is dependent on the BIOS version.  You should try to be sure all systems
> you want to compare have the same motherboard and chipset and that these
> also have the same BIOS version.

I'll have a closer look and inquire with Dell what the intended functionality 
is (hopefully it doesn't turn out to be something that requires Windows/Linux 
to work around).

Thanks!

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/ Peter Schuller

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