Dell Latitude D620 with 4GB RAM - Revision history

Hutch at 15:57, 7 April 2008

2008-04-07T15:57:16Z

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	Surprisingly, with BIOS Revision A02 and 4096MB RAM installed, I was only able to use ~ 3033.7MB!		Surprisingly, with BIOS Revision A02 and 4096MB RAM installed, I was only able to use ~ 3033.7MB!
	$ '''head -1 /proc/meminfo'''		$ '''head -1 /proc/meminfo'''
-	MemTotal: ~~3106528~~ kB	+	MemTotal: 3106464 kB

	After upgrading my BIOS to the BIOS Revision A09 (D620_A09.EXE) using the process [http://www.linuxinsight.com/how-to-flash-motherboard-bios-from-linux-no-dos-windows-no-floppy-drive.html here], I was still only able to use ~3287.5MB.		After upgrading my BIOS to the BIOS Revision A09 (D620_A09.EXE) using the process [http://www.linuxinsight.com/how-to-flash-motherboard-bios-from-linux-no-dos-windows-no-floppy-drive.html here], I was still only able to use ~3287.5MB.

Hutch at 15:55, 7 April 2008

2008-04-07T15:55:23Z

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	My Dell Latitude D620 at work had a 1024MB DDR2-667 PC2-5300 SO-DIMM. I purchased two 2048MB DDR2-677 PC2-5300 SO-DIMMs to try to expand RAM to 4096MB.		My Dell Latitude D620 at work had a 1024MB DDR2-667 PC2-5300 SO-DIMM. I purchased two 2048MB DDR2-677 PC2-5300 SO-DIMMs to try to expand RAM to 4096MB.

-	My operating system is Ubuntu hardy (development branch) running kernel 2.6.24-15.	+	My operating system is Ubuntu hardy (development branch) running kernel 2.6.24-15-generic.

	With BIOS Revision A02 and 3072MB RAM installed, I was able to use ~ 3033.5MB.		With BIOS Revision A02 and 3072MB RAM installed, I was able to use ~ 3033.5MB.
	$ '''head -1 /proc/meminfo'''		$ '''head -1 /proc/meminfo'''
	MemTotal: 3106300 kB		MemTotal: 3106300 kB
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	Surprisingly, with BIOS Revision A02 and 4096MB RAM installed, I was only able to use ~ 3033.7MB!		Surprisingly, with BIOS Revision A02 and 4096MB RAM installed, I was only able to use ~ 3033.7MB!
	$ '''head -1 /proc/meminfo'''		$ '''head -1 /proc/meminfo'''
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	$ '''head -1 /proc/meminfo'''		$ '''head -1 /proc/meminfo'''
	MemTotal: 3366396 kB		MemTotal: 3366396 kB
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		+	Note: Running kernel 2.6.24-15-generic did not significantly change the amount of available RAM.

	== Links ==		== Links ==

	* [http://www.linuxinsight.com/how-to-flash-motherboard-bios-from-linux-no-dos-windows-no-floppy-drive.html How to flash motherboard BIOS from Linux (no DOS/Windows, no floppy drive)?]		* [http://www.linuxinsight.com/how-to-flash-motherboard-bios-from-linux-no-dos-windows-no-floppy-drive.html How to flash motherboard BIOS from Linux (no DOS/Windows, no floppy drive)?]

Hutch at 14:36, 7 April 2008

2008-04-07T14:36:27Z

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	Surprisingly, with BIOS Revision A02 and 4096MB RAM installed, I was only able to use ~ 3033.7MB!		Surprisingly, with BIOS Revision A02 and 4096MB RAM installed, I was only able to use ~ 3033.7MB!
-	$ '''head -1 /proc/meminfo'''	+	$ '''head -1 /proc/meminfo'''
	MemTotal: 3106528 kB		MemTotal: 3106528 kB

Hutch at 14:36, 7 April 2008

2008-04-07T14:36:00Z

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-	My Dell Latitude D620 at work had a 1024MB DDR2-667 PC2-5300 SO-DIMM. I purchased two 2048MB DDR2-677 PC2-5300 SO-DIMMs ~~and installed them~~. My operating system is Ubuntu hardy (development branch) running kernel 2.6.24-15.	+	My Dell Latitude D620 at work had a 1024MB DDR2-667 PC2-5300 SO-DIMM. I purchased two 2048MB DDR2-677 PC2-5300 SO-DIMMs to try to expand RAM to 4096MB.
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		+	My operating system is Ubuntu hardy (development branch) running kernel 2.6.24-15.

	With BIOS Revision A02 and 3072MB RAM installed, I was able to use ~ 3033.5MB.		With BIOS Revision A02 and 3072MB RAM installed, I was able to use ~ 3033.5MB.

Hutch at 14:35, 7 April 2008

2008-04-07T14:35:11Z

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My Dell Latitude D620 at work had a 1024MB DDR2-667 PC2-5300 SO-DIMM. I purchased two 2048MB DDR2-677 PC2-5300 SO-DIMMs and installed them. My operating system is Ubuntu hardy (development branch) running kernel 2.6.24-15.

With BIOS Revision A02 and 3072MB RAM installed, I was able to use ~ 3033.5MB.
$ '''head -1 /proc/meminfo'''
MemTotal: 3106300 kB

Surprisingly, with BIOS Revision A02 and 4096MB RAM installed, I was only able to use ~ 3033.7MB!
$ '''head -1 /proc/meminfo'''
MemTotal: 3106528 kB

After upgrading my BIOS to the BIOS Revision A09 (D620_A09.EXE) using the process [http://www.linuxinsight.com/how-to-flash-motherboard-bios-from-linux-no-dos-windows-no-floppy-drive.html here], I was still only able to use ~3287.5MB.
$ '''head -1 /proc/meminfo'''
MemTotal: 3366396 kB

== Links ==

* [http://www.linuxinsight.com/how-to-flash-motherboard-bios-from-linux-no-dos-windows-no-floppy-drive.html How to flash motherboard BIOS from Linux (no DOS/Windows, no floppy drive)?]