Re: More RAM not recognized -

[Rares Aioanei]

On 07/29/2011 06:06 PM, Michael Schwendt wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Jul 2011 10:38:15 -0400, BG (Bob) wrote:
> >  This Dell DM4700 came with 2-256 mb strips, some time ago I added
> >  2-1 gb strips for a total of 2.5 gb.
> >
> >  This morning I replaced the 256 mb strips with 2-2 gb for a total of
> >  6. The bios setup screen shows 6 gb but apparently Linux is only
> >  using half that amount, not much of an improvement!:
>
> Install the  kernel-PAE  package, then reboot to the PAE kernel and remove
> the normal  kernel  package.

Wasn't PAE default on i686?