Hi, Did anyone find a solution to this problem... I have the same exact issue
on an IBM intellistation.
You can email me at chris@ofdny.com
Thanks
"Anthony" wrote:
> Sure thing Marco. I am currently working with MS Premier support and they
> don't know what the problem is either. I also tried the 64 bit version of
> Windows XP and it didn't fix the issue. But MS guarantees a fix when you pay
> for the support. So, I'll let you know what I find out.
>
>
>
> "Marco" wrote:
>
> > Hi
> > I have a same problem.
> > My pc is installed with WinXP sp2 .
> > I have used the switch /pae and /3gb . WinXP see only 2.8 GB
> > With WinMSD i see that have 4.0 physical memory but avaible only 2.8 gb and
> > on task manager see only 2.8 gb
> > Please send me a solution
> > Thanks
> >
> > "Anthony" wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Ron,
> > >
> > > I appreciate you taking the time to help out. B.C? I need to get up there
> > > and do some Mountain Bikin! well, anyway...
> > >
> > > I checked the boot.ini from MSCONFIG and the /MAXMEM option was not checked
> > > and there was no value listed in the field. So, I played with that a bit with
> > > no change to the condition. I am still seeing the same issue and still
> > > researching an answer. In the morning I am going to install Maya and other
> > > applications to see if they see the total physical memory and if it'll use it.
> > >
> > > Again, thank you for taking the time to respond!
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Anthony
> > >
> > > "Ron Martell" wrote:
> > >
> > > > "Anthony" <Anthony@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >I just built a new system based on the Tyan Thunder K8WE with dual Opteron
> > > > >(1.6GHz) 242 processors and 4 GB of RAM. The BIOS correctly reports the
> > > > >amount of RAM as 4 GB total RAM. If I go to the system properties Windows XP
> > > > >reports 2.75 GB of RAM, Task Manager reports 3 GB and WINMSD reports 4 GB.
> > > > >
> > > > >I am trying to figure out why WinXP is not seeing all the RAM. I realize
> > > > >WinMSD reports what it finds in the BIOS. My issue is that if Task manager
> > > > >and System Properties do not see all the RAM wouldn't that mean it won't be
> > > > >available for applications to use?
> > > > >
> > > > >I have read the articles dealing with the /3GB switch for the boot.ini and
> > > > >the /PAE (physical Address Extension) switch and tried applying those and
> > > > >there was no change. Besides, the /3GB switch doesn't mean it forces Windows
> > > > >to see all the RAM, it just means that it pushed the Kernel to run above 3GB
> > > > >instead of 2 GB. I have updated to the latest BIOS, turned off all shadowing,
> > > > >cache-ing, etc and the memory size does not report the full 4 GB.
> > > > >
> > > > >I would greatly appreciate any help some of you MVP's can offer.
> > > > >
> > > > >Best regards,
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > Use Start - Run - MSCONFIG and go to the BOOT.INI tab.
> > > > Click on the "Advanced options" button and ensure that the checkbox
> > > > for the /MaxMem= line is cleared and that there is no value in the
> > > > data box for this line.
> > > >
> > > > Good luck
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
> > > > --
> > > > Microsoft MVP
> > > > On-Line Help Computer Service
> > > > http://onlinehelp.bc.ca
> > > >
> > > > In memory of a dear friend Alex Nichol MVP
> > > > http://aumha.org/alex.htm
> > > >
Hello,
I have XP Pro SP2 running on a Dell Dimension XPS Gen4. I just recently
installed 4GB of PC4300 DDR2 RAM. System boots up and runs fine it seems.
Just noticed that only 3GB is reported in the tooltip in System window. In
System Information it reports 4096MB total memory though. Is this just a
display bug? Looks like quite a few people have this problem. Any solutions?
I have tried the /PAE command line option. Didn't change a thing.
Joseph
"Chris" wrote:
> Hi, Did anyone find a solution to this problem... I have the same exact issue
> on an IBM intellistation.
>
> You can email me at chris@ofdny.com
>
> Thanks
>
> "Anthony" wrote:
>
> > Sure thing Marco. I am currently working with MS Premier support and they
> > don't know what the problem is either. I also tried the 64 bit version of
> > Windows XP and it didn't fix the issue. But MS guarantees a fix when you pay
> > for the support. So, I'll let you know what I find out.
> >
> >
> >
> > "Marco" wrote:
> >
> > > Hi
> > > I have a same problem.
> > > My pc is installed with WinXP sp2 .
> > > I have used the switch /pae and /3gb . WinXP see only 2.8 GB
> > > With WinMSD i see that have 4.0 physical memory but avaible only 2.8 gb and
> > > on task manager see only 2.8 gb
> > > Please send me a solution
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > "Anthony" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi Ron,
> > > >
> > > > I appreciate you taking the time to help out. B.C? I need to get up there
> > > > and do some Mountain Bikin! well, anyway...
> > > >
> > > > I checked the boot.ini from MSCONFIG and the /MAXMEM option was not checked
> > > > and there was no value listed in the field. So, I played with that a bit with
> > > > no change to the condition. I am still seeing the same issue and still
> > > > researching an answer. In the morning I am going to install Maya and other
> > > > applications to see if they see the total physical memory and if it'll use it.
> > > >
> > > > Again, thank you for taking the time to respond!
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > >
> > > > Anthony
> > > >
> > > > "Ron Martell" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > "Anthony" <Anthony@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > >I just built a new system based on the Tyan Thunder K8WE with dual Opteron
> > > > > >(1.6GHz) 242 processors and 4 GB of RAM. The BIOS correctly reports the
> > > > > >amount of RAM as 4 GB total RAM. If I go to the system properties Windows XP
> > > > > >reports 2.75 GB of RAM, Task Manager reports 3 GB and WINMSD reports 4 GB.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >I am trying to figure out why WinXP is not seeing all the RAM. I realize
> > > > > >WinMSD reports what it finds in the BIOS. My issue is that if Task manager
> > > > > >and System Properties do not see all the RAM wouldn't that mean it won't be
> > > > > >available for applications to use?
> > > > > >
> > > > > >I have read the articles dealing with the /3GB switch for the boot.ini and
> > > > > >the /PAE (physical Address Extension) switch and tried applying those and
> > > > > >there was no change. Besides, the /3GB switch doesn't mean it forces Windows
> > > > > >to see all the RAM, it just means that it pushed the Kernel to run above 3GB
> > > > > >instead of 2 GB. I have updated to the latest BIOS, turned off all shadowing,
> > > > > >cache-ing, etc and the memory size does not report the full 4 GB.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >I would greatly appreciate any help some of you MVP's can offer.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >Best regards,
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Use Start - Run - MSCONFIG and go to the BOOT.INI tab.
> > > > > Click on the "Advanced options" button and ensure that the checkbox
> > > > > for the /MaxMem= line is cleared and that there is no value in the
> > > > > data box for this line.
> > > > >
> > > > > Good luck
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
> > > > > --
> > > > > Microsoft MVP
> > > > > On-Line Help Computer Service
> > > > > http://onlinehelp.bc.ca
> > > > >
> > > > > In memory of a dear friend Alex Nichol MVP
> > > > > http://aumha.org/alex.htm
> > > > >
