https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-Business-Client-Software/Making-physical-memory-unusable/m-p/891612#M3941 <P>I imagine that your purpose is for testing. You might check out Winternals.com or OSR.com. They might have a utility that does this. One method would be to install a RAMDISK driver that uses the non-Paged Pool. You don't use the RAMDISK since your interest is testing under various memory configuration conditions without jerking chips from your motherboard.</P> <P>Jim Dempsey</P> <P></P> Wed, 03 Jan 2007 02:00:21 GMT jimdempseyatthecove 2007-01-03T02:00:21Z https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-Business-Client-Software/Making-physical-memory-unusable/m-p/891611#M3940 <DIV>Hi there!</DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>Is there a way to make the physical memory unusable for the OS by means of using the page directory?</DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>If not, then what can restrict the OS and software it contains from certain areas of the physical memory in a dynamic way? Using the E820 BIOS table to mark DEVICE_MEMORY is one way, but it's not dynamical...</DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>Thanks in advance!</DIV> Sat, 30 Dec 2006 18:29:07 GMT https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-Business-Client-Software/Making-physical-memory-unusable/m-p/891611#M3940 evilbitz 2006-12-30T18:29:07Z https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-Business-Client-Software/Making-physical-memory-unusable/m-p/891612#M3941 <P>I imagine that your purpose is for testing. You might check out Winternals.com or OSR.com. They might have a utility that does this. One method would be to install a RAMDISK driver that uses the non-Paged Pool. You don't use the RAMDISK since your interest is testing under various memory configuration conditions without jerking chips from your motherboard.</P> <P>Jim Dempsey</P> <P></P> Wed, 03 Jan 2007 02:00:21 GMT https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-Business-Client-Software/Making-physical-memory-unusable/m-p/891612#M3941 jimdempseyatthecove 2007-01-03T02:00:21Z