- How do I get my puter to recognize the total amt of memory?
- Posted by mikeyluke on February 4th, 2006
Hello folks, I have an HP with a motherboard (ASUS PTGD1-LA) which
supports up to 4 gigs RAM. Yesterday I installed a new 1 gig stick but
my sys only recognizes 2.87gb instead of the 3 gb it should. I have 4
dimm slots. Top to bottom is as follows,
(1) ddr sdram pc3200/400mhz 512mb oem.
(2)1gig ddr(all the same spec)The brand is CompUsa.They claim that it
is manuf. byPNY(got a great deal!)
(3)This card matches #1 and is oem,
(4)1gig ddr(identical to #2.)
So, any ideas? Everything works fine but if I paid for a gig, thats
what I should get.Why won't my system recognize the total amount of
memory?
thanks in advance,
mikey
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mikeyluke
- Posted by Jerry on February 4th, 2006
Can we safely assume your CPU has hyperthreading and you must match memory
in #1 and #3 and then #2 and #4?
If this is true and you have memory as you stated in your message then the
first thing to do is swap 1 and 3 with 2 and 4 to see what happens to memory
count.
Also, be aware that there can be problems if the memory sticks are not
matchd as far as manufacturer and spec's are concerned.
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- Posted by BigJim on February 4th, 2006
I run a asus p4s800 se and according to the manual if I put in 4 gig of
memory
it will report less than the 4 gig do to the Southbridge resource
allocation.
so it could be due to your chipset so check your manual.
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- Posted by mikeyluke on February 5th, 2006
BigJim Wrote:
Whoa, I kinda follow what you are saying,but I don't have a manual and
I just want to install 3 gigs. Is ASUS p4s800 a program that I should
use?
mikey
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mikeyluke
- Posted by mikeyluke on February 5th, 2006
Jerry Wrote:
Yes Sir, It is hyperthreading. I will check card position. All memory
is matched . The recognization problem occured when I installed the
last card. In position 4. Do you think I have a bad card?
Is there an area in XP that I can tell my computer to recognize the
amount of RAM,like 98se?
Thanks Guys,
mikey
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mikeyluke
- Posted by mikeyluke on February 5th, 2006
mikeyluke Wrote:
OK, I cheched my BIOS and it recognizes the fact that I have 3 gigs of
RAM. I guess my problem is , how do I get XP to recognize that I have 3
gigs RAM.
If someone could help I would appreciate.
Thanks,
mikey
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- Posted by mikeyluke on February 5th, 2006
mikeyluke Wrote:
Ok, my BIOS recognizes that I have 3 gigs RAM. (cool) The windows Task
Manager says I have # gigs RAM under the performance tab marked Physical
Memory (K).(I think this is RAM memory.)So far so good. BUT, under the
system properties tab marked general, it says as follows,
Pentium 4 CPU 3.0 GHz
3.ooGHz,2.87 GB of RAM
physical address extension
Wierd. I don't believe any of my RAM memory is being used for my video
card because I have no integrated video memory on my motherboard. The
video memory is totally seperate. My video card is a 256 mb ATI x700.
mikey
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mikeyluke
- Posted by mikeyluke on February 5th, 2006
mikeyluke Wrote:
Ok, my BIOS recognizes that I have 3 gigs RAM. (cool) The windows Task
Manager says I have 3 gigs RAM under the performance tab marked Physical
Memory (K).(I think this is RAM memory.)So far so good. BUT, under the
system properties tab marked general, it says as follows,
Pentium 4 CPU 3.0 GHz
3.ooGHz,2.87 GB of RAM
physical address extension
Wierd. I don't believe any of my RAM memory is being used for my video
card because I have no integrated video memory on my motherboard. The
video memory is totally seperate. My video card is a 256 mb ATI x700.
mikey
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mikeyluke
- Posted by Jerry on February 5th, 2006
Go to www.belarc.com and download then install The Belarc Advisor. How much
memory does it say you have?
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- Posted by mikeyluke on February 5th, 2006
Jerry Wrote:
Jerry, first of all, thanks for the Belarc tool!!! It said I have
2.9744 mb of RAM.
I don't know Sir, maybe I should just stop bitchin' and just live with
it. What do you think?
mikey
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mikeyluke
- Posted by mikeyluke on February 7th, 2006
mikeyluke Wrote:
mikey
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mikeyluke
- Posted by mikeyluke on February 9th, 2006
mikeyluke Wrote:
Hello, anyone have any ideas?
mikey
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mikeyluke
- Posted by Bob I on February 9th, 2006
Could you describe the problem, and symptoms?
mikeyluke wrote:
- Posted by mikeyluke on February 11th, 2006
Bob I Wrote:
Bob I,
I don't have any problems per se. It's just that XP doesn't recognize
the total amount of memory.
mikey
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mikeyluke
- Posted by MudBug on February 11th, 2006
mikeyluke Wrote:
stated it only shows 2.87G) is really there. I think the missing amount
is being reserved for the operating system to utilize. I asked somebody
that question about a year ago and I seem to remember it being
explained that way. Please someone correct me if I'm wrong. If I happen
to be right, I hope that helps. LOL!
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MudBug
- Posted by mikeyluke on February 11th, 2006
MudBug Wrote:
Hello MudBug!
That's what i thought at first. The problem with that reasoning is, I
am on my third mem. upgrade. I started at 1 went to 2 then on to
3.(2.87). Each time XP recognized the total amount of memory. Until the
last upgrade from 2.5 to 3.
Wierd. sys bios recognizes all of it, the Belarc tool says I have 2.9,
sys task manager says I have 3. System tab says that I have only 2.87.
Is there a setting tab somewhere in XP that forces Windows to
recognize the total amount of memory just like Windows 98?
Thanks,
mikey
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mikeyluke
