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    • H
      hoopin4you @ikifar
      last edited by

      @ikifar said in All RAM not recognized by 64-bit install:

      @hoopin4you reset the bios to factory settings

      I'll try that, too. If the on-board video is the culprit, I'll throw a cheap video card in it.

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      • ikifarI
        ikifar @hoopin4you
        last edited by

        @hoopin4you I highly doubt the onboard video has anything to do with it

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        • stephenw10S
          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
          last edited by stephenw10

          Yeah, it's not 32bit pfSense, it can't be. And it's impossible to believe the on-board video claimed 4GB!

          I was hoping to see the complete boot log, there may be some other clue there.

          I could imagine some BIOS compatibility setting causing this. It's not uncommon to see Windows get a completely different set of values from the BIOS than any other OS.

          Steve

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            hoopin4you @stephenw10
            last edited by

            @stephenw10 @ikifar

            No dice on setting the BIOS to defaults, and there was no video option in there either. Here is the complete boot log.

            Copyright (c) 1992-2020 The FreeBSD Project.
            Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
            The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
            FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation.
            FreeBSD 11.3-STABLE #236 21cbb70bbd1(RELENG_2_4_5): Tue Mar 24 15:26:53 EDT 2020
            root@buildbot1-nyi.netgate.com:/build/ce-crossbuild-245/obj/amd64/YNx4Qq3j/build/ce-crossbuild-245/sources/FreeBSD-src/sys/pfSense amd64
            FreeBSD clang version 8.0.1 (tags/RELEASE_801/final 366581) (based on LLVM 8.0.1)
            VT(vga): resolution 640x480
            CPU: AMD A6-3620 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics (2196.05-MHz K8-class CPU)
            Origin="AuthenticAMD" Id=0x300f10 Family=0x12 Model=0x1 Stepping=0
            Features=0x178bfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,HTT>
            Features2=0x802009<SSE3,MON,CX16,POPCNT>
            AMD Features=0xee500800<SYSCALL,NX,MMX+,FFXSR,Page1GB,RDTSCP,LM,3DNow!+,3DNow!>
            AMD Features2=0x37ff<LAHF,CMP,SVM,ExtAPIC,CR8,ABM,SSE4A,MAS,Prefetch,OSVW,IBS,SKINIT,WDT>
            SVM: (disabled in BIOS) NP,NRIP,NAsids=64
            TSC: P-state invariant, performance statistics
            real memory = 8589934592 (8192 MB)
            avail memory = 3538735104 (3374 MB)
            Event timer "LAPIC" quality 600
            ACPI APIC Table: <HPQOEM SLIC-CPC>
            FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 4 CPUs
            FreeBSD/SMP: 1 package(s) x 4 core(s)
            Firmware Warning (ACPI): Optional FADT field Pm2ControlBlock has valid Length but zero Address: 0x0000000000000000/0x1 (20171214/tbfadt-796)
            ioapic0 <Version 2.1> irqs 0-23 on motherboard
            SMP: AP CPU #1 Launched!
            SMP: AP CPU #3 Launched!
            SMP: AP CPU #2 Launched!
            Timecounter "TSC-low" frequency 1098025816 Hz quality 800
            ipw_bss: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_ipw.LICENSE.
            ipw_bss: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_ipw.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
            module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (ipw_bss_fw, 0xffffffff806a1f20, 0) error 1
            ipw_ibss: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_ipw.LICENSE.
            ipw_ibss: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_ipw.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
            module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (ipw_ibss_fw, 0xffffffff806a1fd0, 0) error 1
            random: entropy device external interface
            ipw_monitor: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_ipw.LICENSE.
            ipw_monitor: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_ipw.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
            module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (ipw_monitor_fw, 0xffffffff806a2080, 0) error 1
            iwi_bss: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_iwi.LICENSE.
            iwi_bss: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_iwi.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
            module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (iwi_bss_fw, 0xffffffff806c9140, 0) error 1
            iwi_ibss: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_iwi.LICENSE.
            iwi_ibss: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_iwi.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
            module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (iwi_ibss_fw, 0xffffffff806c91f0, 0) error 1
            iwi_monitor: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_iwi.LICENSE.
            iwi_monitor: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_iwi.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
            module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (iwi_monitor_fw, 0xffffffff806c92a0, 0) error 1
            wlan: mac acl policy registered
            kbd1 at kbdmux0
            000.000022 [4213] netmap_init netmap: loaded module
            module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (vesa, 0xffffffff812c9960, 0) error 19
            mlx5en: Mellanox Ethernet driver 3.5.2 (September 2019)
            nexus0
            vtvga0: <VT VGA driver> on motherboard
            cryptosoft0: <software crypto> on motherboard
            padlock0: No ACE support.
            acpi0: <HPQOEM SLIC-CPC> on motherboard
            acpi0: Power Button (fixed)
            cpu0: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
            cpu1: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
            cpu2: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
            cpu3: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
            attimer0: <AT timer> port 0x40-0x43 irq 0 on acpi0
            Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
            Event timer "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 100
            atrtc0: <AT realtime clock> port 0x70-0x71 irq 8 on acpi0
            atrtc0: registered as a time-of-day clock, resolution 1.000000s
            Event timer "RTC" frequency 32768 Hz quality 0
            hpet0: <High Precision Event Timer> iomem 0xfed00000-0xfed003ff on acpi0
            Timecounter "HPET" frequency 14318180 Hz quality 950
            Event timer "HPET" frequency 14318180 Hz quality 450
            Event timer "HPET1" frequency 14318180 Hz quality 450
            Event timer "HPET2" frequency 14318180 Hz quality 450
            Timecounter "ACPI-safe" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 850
            acpi_timer0: <32-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x808-0x80b on acpi0
            pcib0: <ACPI Host-PCI bridge> port 0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0
            pcib0: _OSC returned error 0x10
            pci0: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib0
            vgapci0: <VGA-compatible display> port 0xf000-0xf0ff mem 0xc0000000-0xcfffffff,0xfeb00000-0xfeb3ffff irq 18 at device 1.0 on pci0
            vgapci0: Boot video device
            pcib1: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 18 at device 2.0 on pci0
            pcib1: [GIANT-LOCKED]
            pcib2: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 16 at device 4.0 on pci0
            pcib2: [GIANT-LOCKED]
            pci1: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib2
            pci1: <network> at device 0.0 (no driver attached)
            pcib3: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 17 at device 5.0 on pci0
            pci2: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib3
            re0: <RealTek 8168/8111 B/C/CP/D/DP/E/F/G PCIe Gigabit Ethernet> port 0xe000-0xe0ff mem 0xd0104000-0xd0104fff,0xd0100000-0xd0103fff irq 17 at device 0.0 on pci2
            re0: Using 1 MSI-X message
            re0: Chip rev. 0x2c000000
            re0: MAC rev. 0x00200000
            miibus0: <MII bus> on re0
            rgephy0: <RTL8169S/8110S/8211 1000BASE-T media interface> PHY 1 on miibus0
            rgephy0: none, 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 10baseT-FDX-flow, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 100baseTX-FDX-flow, 1000baseT, 1000baseT-master, 1000baseT-FDX, 1000baseT-FDX-master, 1000baseT-FDX-flow, 1000baseT-FDX-flow-master, auto, auto-flow
            re0: Using defaults for TSO: 65518/35/2048
            re0: Ethernet address: e8:40:f2:5e:cb:f3
            re0: netmap queues/slots: TX 1/256, RX 1/256
            ahci0: <AMD Hudson-2 AHCI SATA controller> port 0xf140-0xf147,0xf130-0xf133,0xf120-0xf127,0xf110-0xf113,0xf100-0xf10f mem 0xfeb50000-0xfeb507ff irq 19 at device 17.0 on pci0
            ahci0: AHCI v1.30 with 6 3Gbps ports, Port Multiplier supported
            ahcich0: <AHCI channel> at channel 0 on ahci0
            ahcich1: <AHCI channel> at channel 1 on ahci0
            ahcich2: <AHCI channel> at channel 2 on ahci0
            ahcich3: <AHCI channel> at channel 3 on ahci0
            ahcich4: <AHCI channel> at channel 4 on ahci0
            ahcich5: <AHCI channel> at channel 5 on ahci0
            ohci0: <AMD FCH USB Controller> mem 0xfeb4f000-0xfeb4ffff irq 18 at device 18.0 on pci0
            usbus0 on ohci0
            usbus0: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
            ehci0: <AMD FCH USB 2.0 controller> mem 0xfeb4e000-0xfeb4e0ff irq 17 at device 18.2 on pci0
            usbus1: EHCI version 1.0
            usbus1 on ehci0
            usbus1: 480Mbps High Speed USB v2.0
            ohci1: <AMD FCH USB Controller> mem 0xfeb4d000-0xfeb4dfff irq 18 at device 19.0 on pci0
            usbus2 on ohci1
            usbus2: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
            ehci1: <AMD FCH USB 2.0 controller> mem 0xfeb4c000-0xfeb4c0ff irq 17 at device 19.2 on pci0
            usbus3: EHCI version 1.0
            usbus3 on ehci1
            usbus3: 480Mbps High Speed USB v2.0
            hdac0: <AMD Hudson-2 HDA Controller> mem 0xfeb40000-0xfeb43fff irq 16 at device 20.2 on pci0
            isab0: <PCI-ISA bridge> at device 20.3 on pci0
            isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0
            pcib4: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 20.4 on pci0
            pci3: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib4
            ohci2: <OHCI (generic) USB controller> mem 0xfeb4b000-0xfeb4bfff irq 18 at device 20.5 on pci0
            usbus4 on ohci2
            usbus4: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
            sdhci_pci0: <Generic SD HCI> mem 0xfeb4a000-0xfeb4a0ff irq 16 at device 20.7 on pci0
            sdhci_pci0: 1 slot(s) allocated
            pcib5: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 21.0 on pci0
            pci4: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib5
            pcib6: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 21.1 on pci0
            pci5: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib6
            re1: <RealTek 8168/8111 B/C/CP/D/DP/E/F/G PCIe Gigabit Ethernet> port 0xd000-0xd0ff mem 0xfe900000-0xfe900fff,0xd0000000-0xd0003fff irq 17 at device 0.0 on pci5
            re1: Using 1 MSI-X message
            re1: ASPM disabled
            re1: Chip rev. 0x2c000000
            re1: MAC rev. 0x00200000
            miibus1: <MII bus> on re1
            rgephy1: <RTL8169S/8110S/8211 1000BASE-T media interface> PHY 1 on miibus1
            rgephy1: none, 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 10baseT-FDX-flow, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 100baseTX-FDX-flow, 1000baseT, 1000baseT-master, 1000baseT-FDX, 1000baseT-FDX-master, 1000baseT-FDX-flow, 1000baseT-FDX-flow-master, auto, auto-flow
            re1: Using defaults for TSO: 65518/35/2048
            re1: Ethernet address: 34:e8:94:f0:43:1d
            re1: netmap queues/slots: TX 1/256, RX 1/256
            ohci3: <AMD FCH USB Controller> mem 0xfeb49000-0xfeb49fff irq 18 at device 22.0 on pci0
            usbus5 on ohci3
            usbus5: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
            ehci2: <AMD FCH USB 2.0 controller> mem 0xfeb48000-0xfeb480ff irq 17 at device 22.2 on pci0
            usbus6: EHCI version 1.0
            usbus6 on ehci2
            usbus6: 480Mbps High Speed USB v2.0
            acpi_button0: <Power Button> on acpi0
            orm0: <ISA Option ROMs> at iomem 0xc0000-0xcefff,0xcf000-0xcffff,0xd0000-0xd0fff on isa0
            ppc0: cannot reserve I/O port range
            hwpstate0: <Cool`n'Quiet 2.0> on cpu0
            Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec
            hdacc0: <Realtek ALC662 HDA CODEC> at cad 0 on hdac0
            hdaa0: <Realtek ALC662 Audio Function Group> at nid 1 on hdacc0
            pcm0: <Realtek ALC662 (Analog 2.0+HP/2.0)> at nid 20,27 and 24,25,26 on hdaa0
            ugen5.1: <AMD OHCI root HUB> at usbus5
            ugen6.1: <AMD EHCI root HUB> at usbus6
            ugen4.1: <AMD OHCI root HUB> at usbus4
            ugen2.1: <AMD OHCI root HUB> at usbus2
            uhub0: <AMD OHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus5
            uhub1: <AMD OHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus4
            ugen0.1: <AMD OHCI root HUB> at usbus0
            uhub2: <AMD OHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus2
            uhub3: <AMD EHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus6
            uhub4: <AMD OHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus0
            ugen3.1: <AMD EHCI root HUB> at usbus3
            ugen1.1: <AMD EHCI root HUB> at usbus1
            uhub5: <AMD EHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus3
            uhub6: <AMD EHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus1
            uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
            uhub0: 4 ports with 4 removable, self powered
            uhub2: 5 ports with 5 removable, self powered
            uhub4: 5 ports with 5 removable, self powered
            uhub3: 4 ports with 4 removable, self powered
            uhub5: 5 ports with 5 removable, self powered
            uhub6: 5 ports with 5 removable, self powered
            ugen3.2: <Generic Mass Storage Device> at usbus3
            umass0 on uhub5
            umass0: <Generic Mass Storage Device, class 0/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 2> on usbus3
            ugen2.2: <Broadcom Corp HP Bluetooth Module> at usbus2
            ada0 at ahcich0 bus 0 scbus0 target 0 lun 0
            cd0 at ahcich2 bus 0 scbus2 target 0 lun 0
            ada0: cd0: <hp CDDVDW SH-216ALN HA5A> Removable CD-ROM SCSI device
            <WDC WD10EALX-089BA1 19.01H19> ATA8-ACS SATA 3.x device
            cd0: Serial Number R8LH6GCC2027Z9
            ada0: Serial Number WD-WMATR1275616
            cd0: 150.000MB/s transfersada0: 300.000MB/s transfers (SATA 1.x, UDMA5, ATAPI 12bytes, PIO 8192bytes)
            cd0: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present - tray closed
            (SATA 2.x, UDMA5, PIO 8192bytes)
            ada0: Command Queueing enabled
            ada0: 953869MB (1953525168 512 byte sectors)
            da0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 scbus6 target 0 lun 0
            da0: <Generic- SD/MMC 1.00> Removable Direct Access SCSI device
            da0: Serial Number 058F63626476
            da0: 40.000MB/s transfers
            da0: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present
            da0: quirks=0x2<NO_6_BYTE>
            da1 at umass-sim0 bus 0 scbus6 target 0 lun 1
            da1: <Generic- Compact Flash 1.01> Removable Direct Access SCSI device
            da1: Serial Number 058F63626476
            da1: 40.000MB/s transfers
            da1: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present
            da1: quirks=0x2<NO_6_BYTE>
            da2 at umass-sim0 bus 0 scbus6 target 0 lun 2
            da2: <Generic- SM/xD-Picture 1.02> Removable Direct Access SCSI device
            da2: Serial Number 058F63626476
            da2: 40.000MB/s transfers
            da2: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present
            da2: quirks=0x2<NO_6_BYTE>
            da3 at umass-sim0 bus 0 scbus6 target 0 lun 3
            da3: <Generic- MS/MS-Pro 1.03> Removable Direct Access SCSI device
            da3: Serial Number 058F63626476
            da3: 40.000MB/s transfers
            da3: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present
            da3: quirks=0x2<NO_6_BYTE>
            random: unblocking device.
            Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ufsid/5ed7fe2a6b876319 [rw,noatime]...
            CPU: AMD A6-3620 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics (2196.05-MHz K8-class CPU)
            Origin="AuthenticAMD" Id=0x300f10 Family=0x12 Model=0x1 Stepping=0
            Features=0x178bfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,HTT>
            Features2=0x802009<SSE3,MON,CX16,POPCNT>
            AMD Features=0xee500800<SYSCALL,NX,MMX+,FFXSR,Page1GB,RDTSCP,LM,3DNow!+,3DNow!>
            AMD Features2=0x37ff<LAHF,CMP,SVM,ExtAPIC,CR8,ABM,SSE4A,MAS,Prefetch,OSVW,IBS,SKINIT,WDT>
            SVM: (disabled in BIOS) NP,NRIP,NAsids=64
            TSC: P-state invariant, performance statistics

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            • DaddyGoD
              DaddyGo @hoopin4you
              last edited by DaddyGo

              @hoopin4you

              do you have an option to run a memtest86? edit: (regardless of everything)
              https://www.memtest86.com/

              while, I recommend this to your attention as well:
              https://forum.netgate.com/topic/141147/tsc-p-state-invariant-performance-statistics

              Cats bury it so they can't see it!
              (You know what I mean if you have a cat)

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              • stephenw10S
                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                last edited by

                Hmm, not much there.

                You might try booting in verbose mode. Create the file /boot/loader.conf.local then add to it: boot_verbose="YES".

                That will give you a lot more output at boot. It may show you some ACPI errors or similar responsible for this.

                Steve

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                • jimpJ
                  jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                  last edited by

                  Since the OS can't possibly be 32-bit your next culprit is the BIOS.

                  FreeBSD shows you what hardware is there (8GB) and then what has been made available to the OS (~3GB).

                  Check for things like memory allocated to onboard video, any kind of memory management that might be geared toward a 32-bit OS, and other things of that nature.

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                  • ikifarI
                    ikifar @jimp
                    last edited by

                    @jimp How could the video memory card allocate that much ram?

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                    • jimpJ
                      jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                      last edited by

                      Ask the BIOS. I've seen onboard "gaming" video cards that would happily claim multiple GB of RAM if given permission in the BIOS.

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                        Chas @hoopin4you
                        last edited by

                        @hoopin4you Hi, did you ever solve this issue?

                        I've just install a 64bit pfsense v2.5.2 and pfsense is only using 3.3gb of RAM.

                        BIOS and pfsense logs both show 8gb.

                        Real = 8192MB
                        Available = 3317MB

                        How did you get around this?

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                        • stephenw10S
                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                          last edited by

                          What hardware are you installing on? Some early 64bit systems had some interesting BIOS 'quirks'.

                          Steve

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                            hoopin4you @Chas
                            last edited by

                            @chas said in All RAM not recognized by 64-bit install:

                            @hoopin4you Hi, did you ever solve this issue?

                            I've just install a 64bit pfsense v2.5.2 and pfsense is only using 3.3gb of RAM.

                            BIOS and pfsense logs both show 8gb.

                            Real = 8192MB
                            Available = 3317MB

                            How did you get around this?

                            I never figured it out, and since then, I am now using a Cisco router.

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                              hoopin4you @stephenw10
                              last edited by

                              @stephenw10 said in All RAM not recognized by 64-bit install:

                              What hardware are you installing on? Some early 64bit systems had some interesting BIOS 'quirks'.

                              Steve

                              It was an HP Pavilion 64-bit tower. I know the full 8GB was showing available when I had Windows installed, and the BIOS showed the same thing.

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                              • stephenw10S
                                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                last edited by

                                Mmm, well I would definitely try booting verbose to check the ACPI errors if you're seeing this as I said previously. There's a good chance the BIOS is passing some values to FreeBSD that Windows never sees because most manufacturers don't care about anything else.

                                Steve

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