[tlinux-users:08574] Re: ATTENTION A105 AND A135 OWNERS!

This is not an OS issue, it is a bug in the BIOS.  If the BIOS will not see
the RAM, then the OS (No matter which one you use) will not see it.


Again, this has been confirmed by Toshiba as a problem in the Phoenix BIOSes
on A105 and A135 laptops.  A lot of people have purchased these laptops
expecting to be able to upgrade them at some point in time.  From the day
Toshiba sold them they have not been able to live live up to the advertised
system specs.



Sincerely,

Kernel Panic


On 7/16/07, Renato S. Yamane <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Kernel Panic wrote:
> > The A105 and A135 models that ship with a Phoenix BIOS will not support
> > 4GB of RAM due to a bug in the BIOS.  If 4GB of RAM is installed in one
> > of these machines the BIOS will only recognized 3GB of RAM.  Toshiba
> > does not know whether or not running in this configuration will cause
> > data corruption.  This has been a known issue for a very long time and
> > there is still no fix.
>
> Wowwwww. 4Gb RAM in a laptop?
> I have 1Gb and I'm very happy :-)
>
> Datail: Microsoft Windows (also VISTA) don't recognize more than 3.2Gb:
> <http://www.vistax64.com/vista-general/28164-4-gb-memory-3.html>
>
> And to support 4Gb RAM on Linux, in necessary active PAE Support
> re-compiling Kernel, or use 64bits Processor.
>
> Best regards,
> Renato
>
>