BIOS see all the RAM but OS does not

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I have FreeBSD 8.2 running on an older machine, P4 and 1G RAM. It had only 512M in it but I put another 512 in it to get double data rate and more RAM. However, the BIOS sees it as I can see it in the BIOS configuration screens, but FreeBSD does not show it when I view it using the top utility. The newer RAM module works because it was tested at a local PC repair shop.

Any tips?
 
Here is an image, as an attachment, that will show if I am looking at top wrong.
 

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lockfile said:
Here is an image, as an attachment, that will show if I am looking at top wrong.
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Well, if it should have 1GB RAM, it has. As you can see at the screenshot, you have 265MB in active + 169MB inactive + 140MB wired + 110MB buffer + 408MB free memory ~= 1GB.

Also see:

# cat /var/run/dmesg.boot | grep memory
 
Just when I thought I was getting smarter I found out I am still dumb. Thank you guys for the help. I'm marking this one solved.
 
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