what gives?...i installed a 2GB PNY memory chip...the BIOS sees it...but Ubuntu 8.04 is not seeing it in system monitor or when i run "free" from the terminal except for when I run
sudo lshw -C memory
*-firmware
description: BIOS
vendor: Dell Inc.
physical id: 1
version: A00 (08/05/2008)
size: 100KiB
capacity: 1984KiB
capabilities: pci pnp apm upgrade shadowing escd cdboot bootselect acpi usb smartbattery biosbootspecification
*-cache:0
description: L1 cache
physical id: 6
slot: L1 Cache
size: 32KiB
capacity: 32KiB
capabilities: asynchronous internal write-back
*-cache:1
description: L2 cache
physical id: 7
slot: L2 Cache
size: 512KiB
capacity: 4MiB
capabilities: burst external write-back
*-memory
description: System Memory
physical id: 10
slot: System board or motherboard
size: 2GiB
*-bank
description: SODIMM Synchronous 533 MHz (1.9 ns)
physical id: 0
slot: M1
size: 2GiB
width: 32 bits
clock: 533MHz (1.9ns)
any help is appreciated As Ubuntu still thinks its limited to 1GB!
"I'm certifiable, not certified. It just means my answers are from experience...not a book
sudo lshw -C memory
*-firmware
description: BIOS
vendor: Dell Inc.
physical id: 1
version: A00 (08/05/2008)
size: 100KiB
capacity: 1984KiB
capabilities: pci pnp apm upgrade shadowing escd cdboot bootselect acpi usb smartbattery biosbootspecification
*-cache:0
description: L1 cache
physical id: 6
slot: L1 Cache
size: 32KiB
capacity: 32KiB
capabilities: asynchronous internal write-back
*-cache:1
description: L2 cache
physical id: 7
slot: L2 Cache
size: 512KiB
capacity: 4MiB
capabilities: burst external write-back
*-memory
description: System Memory
physical id: 10
slot: System board or motherboard
size: 2GiB
*-bank
description: SODIMM Synchronous 533 MHz (1.9 ns)
physical id: 0
slot: M1
size: 2GiB
width: 32 bits
clock: 533MHz (1.9ns)
any help is appreciated As Ubuntu still thinks its limited to 1GB!
"I'm certifiable, not certified. It just means my answers are from experience...not a book