memory limit ?

[dreamfox]

Hello,

I have recently bought (6 months ago) a supermicro server with 512 MB.
The memory limit on the server is 8 GB.
I ordered 2 x 2 GB and put this in the server with freebsd 6
If i look in system info i see:
Processor Name Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU 5120 @ 1.86GHz (1866.75-MHz 686-class CPU)
Total Memory 3062.8 MB

I miss 1 GB.

in about 3 weeks i have to buy a new server
I was wondering how much memory can you use in a server with freebsd 6 32bits and directadmin?
Before I buy too much memory ;-)

[chatwizrd]

What do you get from the output of



grep -i 'memory' /var/run/dmesg.boot



and



sysctl -a | grep -i 'hw.realmem'

[dreamfox]

server# grep -i 'memory' /var/run/dmesg.boot
real memory = 3220570112 (3071 MB)
avail memory = 3150508032 (3004 MB)

server# sysctl -a | grep -i 'hw.realmem'
hw.realmem: 3220570112

[chatwizrd]

I would have them check your server then. There is no reason it should not be allowing you to have full 4 gigs ram. Maybe one stick is bad or they have to make changes in bios.

Freebsd out of the box should be able to run up to 16-32gigs of ram I think.

[dreamfox]

Strange thing is that its 2 x 2 GB
So if its a failure in memory I think then it must shown only 2 GB

What can I check in bios?

[chatwizrd]

Well then it is probably the motherboard or bios limiting it to 3gb. You will have to look around in bios all manufactures are different where settings are located.

[dreamfox]

its a:
1 x Supermicro X7DVL-E Server Motherboard

[chatwizrd]

Well here is the manual

http://www.supermicro.com/manuals/motherboard/5000V/MNL-0860.pdf

Look at it for yourself.

Check the bios to see if it lists system memory at 4gb or not. If it does not then you know the problem is a hardware problem and not a OS problem.

Make sure like the manual says that you put the dimms of ram in the right slots.

[dreamfox]

Sorry to bother you again.
But i did find already the manual

I think it has to do with this:
Possible System Memory Allocation & Availability
chapter: 2
page 2-7

Is that right?

[chatwizrd]

More then likely yes.

[dreamfox]

Thank you very mucht for your time and anwers