- Memory not showing full amount installed
- Posted by Mike on July 15th, 2004
I was trying to upgrade the memory in my uncle's computer the other day and
could not get the computer to recognize the full RAM no matter what I did.
When I installed a PC-133 256mb SDRam chip into it, it only showed up as
having 128mb of total RAM on his system. So I took the 256mb chip back
thinking that maybe each slot could only handle 128mb of RAM and bought 2
128mb sticks and proceeded to put them in slot 1 and 2 on his mobo. I
rebooted and it still only shows up as being 128mb of total RAM.
He can't find his mobo book and when I tried to look for a manual online, I
am having trouble finding about his motherboard. He has a SiS 5595 mobo
manufactured in 1999 I believe and I would greatly appreciate any
suggestions as to what I could try or where I could find an answer to this
particular problem.
TIA,
Mike
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- Posted by Unk on July 15th, 2004
On Wed, 14 Jul 2004 23:50:32 -0400, "Mike" <mikpower71@hotmail.com> wrote:
What OS? Why does everyone forget this???
If WinXP, One possibility (though unlikely) is:
Click Start, Run. In the Run box, type "msconfig" (without the quotes) and
press Enter. Click the "Boot.ini" tab, click the "Advanced Options" button
and make sure that the box, "/MAXMEM=" is unchecked.
- Posted by Mike on July 15th, 2004
Oh yeah, sorry. He is running Win98 SE right now but wants me to install XP.
I told him I just wanted to get the memory thing out of the way first before
upgrading him.
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- Posted by Rôgêr on July 15th, 2004
Mike wrote:
I think that may be the chipset instead of the motherboard. You could
download Everest and run it to find out what the motherboard is, then
Google for the manual.
http://www.lavalys.com/products/down...ng=en&pageid=3
- Posted by Ron Martell on July 15th, 2004
"Mike" <mikpower71@hotmail.com> wrote:
The problem is with the RAM. You are using the newer high density
(single sided) PC133 modules and the 5 year old motherboard will only
support the low density (double sided) PC133 modules.
Double sided PC133 RAM modules are still available (I got half a dozen
256 mb ones from my supplier last week) but they are approximately
double the price of the more common high-density single sided modules.
My client had 3 WindowsMe machines which needed to have additional RAM
before we upgraded them to Windows XP Pro. All went well once we had
the proper RAM.
Good luck
Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
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