Scott Silva wrote: >> >> Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 20 bytes. >> BIOS Information >> Vendor: Intel Corp. >> Version: EV91510A.86A.0482.2006.0222.2350 >> >> >> > Many desktop boards are designed for Windows, and linux isn't quite up to > speed on them. You usually need to run Cutting edge distros like Fedora on > desktop boards to get the most out of them. > > find my previous message on this. he's got a board/chipset that doesn't remap the 'missing' 800MB... even in 64-bit mode (assuming he had a EM64T P4 in there, I'm not sure that board supports them) he'd only see ~ 3.1GB ram.