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    • ikifarI
      ikifar
      last edited by ikifar

      @hoopin4you said in All RAM not recognized by 64-bit install:

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

      What does the boot log show? /var/log/dmesg.boot

      Steve

      Can that be found in the GUI or will I have to connect to the box directly?

      ssh should work

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      • stephenw10S
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
        last edited by

        You can just download that file directly from Diag > Command Prompt > Download

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          hoopin4you @stephenw10
          last edited by

          @stephenw10

          Thanks.

          real memory = 8192MB
          avail memory = 3374MB

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            hoopin4you @ikifar
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            @ikifar Thanks...forgot about that one. PuTTY to the rescue.

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              hoopin4you
              last edited by

              Anyone? ๐Ÿ˜

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              • stephenw10S
                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                last edited by

                Hmm. Been a while since I saw that. It sure looks like a 32bit restriction....

                What exactly are you running that on?

                Steve

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                • ikifarI
                  ikifar @stephenw10
                  last edited by

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

                  Hmm. Been a while since I saw that. It sure looks like a 32bit restriction....

                  What exactly are you running that on?

                  Steve

                  pfSense only offers a 64 bit edition he would not be able to run 32 bit hardware and the 32 bit edition was discontinued as far as I know

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                    hoopin4you @stephenw10
                    last edited by

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

                    Hmm. Been a while since I saw that. It sure looks like a 32bit restriction....

                    What exactly are you running that on?

                    Steve

                    I know...that's what's crazy. I created the 64-bit USB installer from the Download page and installed it on an HP Pavilion p7-1254 box. I need to reboot it and check the BIOS for the shared video memory option, but I'm almost positive that Win10 saw the entire 8GB.

                    https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c03135882

                    Annotation 2020-06-06 204041.png

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                    • ikifarI
                      ikifar @hoopin4you
                      last edited by

                      @hoopin4you reset the bios to factory settings

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                        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
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                          @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
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                              @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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