sgrinalds Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 So i just upgraded my Mighty Hack Mini from 2x4gb(8gb) sticks to 2x8gb(16gb). The 16bg is showing up in my about mac and in my system info, but when i look at my activity monitor it's only using 8gb. I've tried to reseat the ram and made sure its plugged in properly, and it works in my windows partition, but not sure whats up. It is a Mini ITX board so I only have two slots? Running 10.7.3 flawlessly other than this. I have the Mac Mini system definition installed using the newest ###### (4.3 and chameleon). I have tried removing a stick and everything goes back to 8gb, then when I reinstall, it shows the 16gb in my Sys profile but just doesn't seem to be using it in activity monitor. Any suggestions? Ca anyone with 16gb in a Mini ITX chime in ? Thanks! Build: Gigabyte H55N-USB3 Intel i7 860 Radeon HD 6870 Here is a link of a picture of my Activity Monitor, About Mac, and Sys INFO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxic Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 Post the contents of your org.chameleon.boot.plist, you may be limiting the amount of RAM, this is common when installing with more than 2Gb ram installed (though I never bothered and was always fine). Just an idea but worth a shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgrinalds Posted May 29, 2012 Author Share Posted May 29, 2012 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>EthernetBuiltIn</key> <string>Yes</string> <key>GenerateCStates</key> <string>Yes</string> <key>GeneratePStates</key> <string>Yes</string> <key>GraphicsEnabler</key> <string>Yes</string> <key>Kernel</key> <string>mach_kernel</string> <key>Kernel Flags</key> <string>npci=0x3000 darkwake=0</string> <key>Legacy Logo</key> <string>Yes</string> <key>Timeout</key> <string>2</string> <key>UseKernelCache</key> <string>Yes</string> </dict> </plist> I don't believe anything here is limiting it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxic Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 That looks fine to me. Can you post a screenshot of activity monitors memory screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgrinalds Posted May 29, 2012 Author Share Posted May 29, 2012 Here is my activity monitor, about this mac, and system report Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Vermelho Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 Yeah that motherboard only has two memory slots, Chameleon's memory detection is having a fit. Are you using a patched DSDT? You must re-extract and patch it again after installing more memory. Use a Linux live CD (Mint is good) or Lavalys Everest (or whatever it's called now) on Windows. Don't extract on OS X, any tool or script you use will extract your already patched DSDT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgrinalds Posted June 2, 2012 Author Share Posted June 2, 2012 hummmm I see... i'm using the DSDT that is provided in Tonymac's database http://www.tonymacx86.com/DSDT/Database/DSDT-GA-H55N-USB3-F5.aml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Vermelho Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 Try booting without it, if you can. See if anything changes. Type DSDT=none at the Chameleon boot prompt to bypass the automatic DSDT override. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edw Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Hi sgrinalds, Did you solve your problem? I'm having a similar one, with the motherboard P55-USB3 rev 1.0, using DSDT from tonymacx86 also Installed 8GB RAM but Activity Monitor shows 4GB only Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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