Gateway ALR 9200 Maintaining And Troubleshooting

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Memory 25Memory ConfigurationBIOS automatically detects, sizes, and initializes the memory array,depending on the type, size, and speed of the installed DIMMs, and reportsmemory size and allocation to the system via configuration registers.In a 4 GB configuration, a small part of memory (typically 32 MB) is notremapped above 4 GB. If your OS does not support more than 4 GB ofphysical memory, this small part of the memory is effectively lost.Table 3: Sample DIMM Component CombinationsBank A(slots J1 - 4)Bank B(slots J5 - 8)Bank C(slots J9 - 12)Bank D(slots J13 - 16)TotalMemory4x64 256 MB4x64 4x32 384 MB4x64 4x32 4x32 512 MB4x64 4x64 512 MB4x64 4x64 4x32 4x32 768 MB4x64 4x64 4x64 4x64 1024 MB4x128 4x64 4x32 4x32 1024 MB4x128 4x128 4x64 4x64 1536 MB4x128 4x128 4x128 4x128 2048 MB4x256 4x128 4x64 4x64 2048 MB4x256 4x256 4x128 4x128 3072 MB4x256 4x256 4x256 4x256 4096 MBNote:Use DIMMs that have beentested for compatibility withthe system board. Contactyour sales representative ordealer for a list of approvedDIMMs. Table 3 lists somesample size combinations.