ESXi 4.0 not seeing 4 GB RAM even though BIOS does

[ayamashi]

I've installed ESXi 4.0 on a Dell Optiplex 620 with the latest BIOS A11 with 4 GB RAM installed. The BIOS sees all 4 GB, however when I go look at the memory through the ESXi software I see only 3.5 physical RAM registered. Note: I've already found out about the whole reserve memory for the vmvisor and I know that it's not stealing the RAM. I've adjusted the vmvisor a little bit so that after it takes its chunk (256-384 MB) I'm left with ~2451 MB for my VMs.

Any idea why ESXi is only seeing 3.5 GB of physical RAM?

Thanks

[mikefoley]

What CPU does that have in it? I didn't think the GX620's would even install ESXi 4.0 as the CPU's aren't compatible. (I think you need a Core 2 Duo minimum)

I have/had a GX620 running ESXi 3.x and seeing the full 4GB with no problem. (Pentium-D CPU)

mike

[ayamashi]

It's a Pentium D 3.2 Ghz, No hyper-threading but a dual-core. It does support 64-bit and ESXi runs on it, but just doesn't see all the RAM.

[ayamashi]

Hello,

I'm not sure how this works if you got my previous post, but here's the

reply that I posted.

It's a Pentium D 3.2 Ghz, No hyper-threading but a dual-core. It does

support 64-bit and ESXi runs on it, but just doesn't see all the RAM.

Thanks,

Alex

[Spottert]

Ayamashi,

Did you solve this issue?

Regards!