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    [SOLVED] 2.2.5 shows wrong amount of memory?

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      Engineer
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      I reinstalled 2.2.5 (full install) and now a big chunk of my 8GB of memory is missing.

      $ dmesg | grep memory
      real memory  = 8589934592 (8192 MB)
      avail memory = 1887203328 (1799 MB)

      Dashboard: 10% of 1862 MB

      $ sysctl hw.physmem
      hw.physmem: 1952141312          <–------  :o :o

      AMD64 version.

      Any thoughts?  I searched but maybe I missed it?!>

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        doktornotor Banned
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        I don't think you are running amd64 version any more.

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          Engineer
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          @doktornotor:

          I don't think you are running amd64 version any more.

          Shows it on the dashboard.

          2.2.5-RELEASE (amd64)
          built on Wed Nov 04 15:49:37 CST 2015
          FreeBSD 10.1-RELEASE-p24

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            Engineer
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            Reset BIOS to default, changed relevant settings and it's correct now.  Not sure what fixed it but it's fixed.

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              cmb
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              Was about to reply that's what your BIOS is reporting, something not right there. Might want to check for a BIOS update as that seems like some kind of bug with it. Glad you found a workaround at least.

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                Engineer
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                @cmb:

                Was about to reply that's what your BIOS is reporting, something not right there. Might want to check for a BIOS update as that seems like some kind of bug with it. Glad you found a workaround at least.

                It was fine until I reinstalled everything…..but I had been tinkering with BIOS settings trying to get the watchdog timeouts to stop.

                This is the first BIOS for this board and I'm hoping SuperMicro comes up with a fix for my watchdog timeouts.  Sure seems to be a hardware issue (details in the hardware forum thread).

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