System not detecing RAM change

Started by myhrmans, October 23, 2022, 02:03:07 PM

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October 23, 2022, 02:03:07 PM
Hi,

I changed the RAM modules in my system yesterday from 16GB -> 8GB.

The system is not updating this however and is still showing 16GB in the UI.

How can I update the hardware info for the system?
October 23, 2022, 02:36:20 PM #1
what is the output of this command from the shell?

sysctl -h hw.physmem

Bart...
October 23, 2022, 03:15:16 PM #2
Quotehw.physmem: 17018986496
October 23, 2022, 03:15:39 PM #3
Quote from: bartjsmit on October 23, 2022, 02:36:20 PM
what is the output of this command from the shell?

sysctl -h hw.physmem

Bart...

hw.physmem: 17018986496
October 23, 2022, 10:00:26 PM #4
that means that FreeBSD still sees 16 GB. Can you check the BIOS?
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