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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Check for a setting in BIOS that reads "Memory hole at 15-16M" I'm not really sure what it is used for, but when that setting is turned on, your PC will only report 15MB to the OS.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>Gregory L. Camp</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Gregory.Camp@osc.com</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> -----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> From: LinuxGrl [<A HREF="mailto:linuxgrl@stonemedia.com">mailto:linuxgrl@stonemedia.com</A>]</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Sent: Monday, September 25, 2000 10:03 AM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> To: discuss@ntlug.org</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] Linux Memory Issue</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> I just swapped my ATX for an AT mainboard and now I am only </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> able to detect</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> 15 of my 96 megs of RAM. My bios picks up all 96 megs... but </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> once I am in</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Gnome (Enlightenment) then only 15 are detected and I am just </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> crawling... I</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> am running Mandrake 7.1 with 98 megs of ram (3 sticks of 32 </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> megs). I have an</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> IDE boot drive (10gigs) and 6 SCSI drives... The mainboard is </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> the same EPOX</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> board... and all the hardware is the same. The swap over </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> actually went</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> fairly easily... well except for the RAM issue... Any suggestions?</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> LinuxGrl</FONT>
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