Ubuntu 9.1 Only Sees 244 MB RAM, while BIOS and Windows Sees 1.5 GB

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Published on 2010-06-15T00:28:48Z Indexed on 2010/06/15 0:33 UTC
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I have 1.5 GB of RAM installed on an older Dell, Pentium 4. I just installed Ubuntu 9.1 and the system is only seeing 244 MB of RAM, even though there is 1.5 GB on the system. The BIOS sees all of it. I ran a Knoppix disc and it only saw 25 MB upon booting.

I made no particular changes to the installation taht would affect this. I looked through the BIOS and the only setting I could see was the AGP aperture. Not even sure what this is.

Anyone know where I went wrong?

I also tried moving the memory modules around on the board. Booted with the 1 GB stick, still saw 244 MB.

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