I installed Kali 2024 on an old laptop with 2x2GB RAM, I then added a “new” 4GB memory bank, so the laptop has 2GB+4GB of RAM.
Here is what the command lshw | grep -A 8 bank shows:
*-bank:0
description: SODIMM DDR3 Synchronous Unbuffered (Unregistered) 1066 MHz (0.9 ns)
product: M471B5173DB0-YK0
vendor: Samsung
physical id: 0
serial: D17C5EF9
slot: Bottom-Slot 1(top)
size: 4GiB
width: 64 bits
--
*-bank:1
description: SODIMM DDR3 Synchronous Unbuffered (Unregistered) 1066 MHz (0.9 ns)
product: AM1U16BC2P1-B1AH
vendor: A-DATA Technology
physical id: 1
serial: 00001C1F
slot: Bottom-Slot 2(under)
size: 2GiB
width: 64 bits
It seems to be ok, BUT
here is what the htop command shows instead:
Only 1.53G RAM? What is the matter with it? What amount of RAM does KALI actually recognize and use?
Thanks