DL 380 G4 - 8 GB of Memory Installed / Windows 2003 Problem

[Gianni_12]

Hi. I have (3) DL 380 G4 servers, each one configured with (2) 3.20 CPUs and (8) GB of RAM. I have installed windows 2003 server on the three servers. But the problem is that Windows only recognizes or shows 3.5 GB of Memory. If run "winver.exe" it shows 3.5 GB. Task Manager also only shows 3.5 GB. But the BIOS post shows the 8 GB of RAM installed.

This happens on all three servers. Please help!

Gianni

[David Claypool]

/pae
The /pae parameter enables Physical Address Extension (PAE). This parameter directs the system to load the PAE version of the Windows kernel.


Comments
This parameter is valid only on boot entries for 32-bit versions of Windows that run on computers with x86 and x64-based processors.

PAE is an addressing strategy that uses a page-translation hierarchy to enable systems with 32-bit addressing to address more than 4 GB of physical memory. PAE must be supported by the processor and by the operating system.

PAE is supported on Windows 2000 and later versions of Windows. However, only Windows 2000 Datacenter Server; Windows 2000 Advanced Server; Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Editon; and Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition support the use of more than 4 GB of physical memory.

On 32-bit versions of Windows, PAE is disabled by default. You must use the /pae boot parameter to enable PAE.

[Caster Troy]

Hi Gianni
You must add the "/pae" switch in the "boot.ini" file. Dont forget to change its read only attribute :)
Plz visit following link regarding "/PAE"

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/library/ServerHelp/0a8f5c3b-a892-49af-bf94-794283697239.mspx

Good Luck

[Rob Leadbeater]

Hi,

As well as the PAE switches, please read the following advisory which details your problem exactly:

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=PSD_EL041214_CW01

Regards,

Rob

[Robert Poor]

You may also want to check the version of Windows 2003 server. Standard only recognizes 4 GB of ram. You will need enterprise to recognize more that 4 GB