[Gllug] Dell M65 Precision with 4G running Debian amd64

[James Hawtin]

On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 02:29:08PM -0400, Andrew Farnsworth wrote:
> >Not True! I have an I nvida atom/ion motherboard and am using a 64bit linux 
> >with 2x2GB dimms, and it will only get me see MemTotal: 3478232 kB,
> >4GB - 512MB (hole) - 128MB (video) - Kernel
> 
> Which Atom processor are you running?  According to documentation, x86-64 is only
> supported on the Atom 230 and 330 desktop CPUs.  If you are not running one of
> these, then that is probably the issue.  If you are running a netbook, then you
> probably have a 32-bit Atom.

Its a 330 for interest, and I didn't say that I was running a netbook, the
ion chipset only supports 230 and 330 processors here is the board I have

http://www.pointofview-online.com/showroom.php?shop_mode=product_detail&product_id=97

The only thing I did state was I was running a 64 bit OS, yet had a large
memory hole, I think I would know if I installed a 32 or 64 bit os, also I do
check the processor specs before I buy.

http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=35641

I did however reduce the graphics memory steal for 256 meg to 128.

Also Companies are building these into netbooks as the chipset is alot faster
graphics with 1080p decoding and a lower power usage that intels. Here is an
example from Lenovo
http://hothardware.com/News/Lenovo-Goes-Ion-With-121-IdeaPad-S12-Netbook/ 
So be careful about the netbook statement as generally its right however is
not 100% of the time.

James
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