Chapter 2: Installation
Possible System Memory Allocation & Availability
System Device
Size
Physical Memory
Remaining
(4 GB Total System Memory)
Firmware Hub flash memory (System BIOS) Local APIC
Area Reserved for the chipset
I/O APIC (4 Kbytes)
PCI Enumeration Area 1
PCI Express (256 MB)
PCI Enumeration Area 2 (if needed)
VGA Memory
TSEG
Memory available for the OS & other applications
1MB
4KB
2MB
4KB
256MB
256MB
512 MB
16MB
1MB
3.99GB
3.99GB
3.99GB
3.99GB
3.76GB
3.51GB
3.01 GB
2.85GB
2.84GB
2.84GB