Please provide any advice you have. I currently have an Asus P5AD2-E Premium
motherboard with Pentium 4 670 processor and 64-bit Windows Vista. When I
upgraded my memory to 4GB (motherboard max) it only shows 3.2GB due to memory
mapping. I've tried everything to get it to show the full 4096 MB but no
luck, even with 64-bit Windows. Therefore, I want to get a new, relatively
inexpensive mother board (8GB max) that will show all 4 GB with 4 x 1GB DDR2
533MHz DIMMS installed (non-ECC). I was looking at the Asus P5B and the
Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3. I can't get a hold of Asus, and Gigabyte told me that
the motherboard still won't show all 4 GB but will use it when needed (that
didn't make since). If my mother board won't show all 4GB, then Windows
never will. I want all 4 to show in both the BIOS and Windows. Currently,
neither will. Please advise on motherboards you know will work. If
necessary I could upgrade to a Pentium D or an entry Core 2 Duo, but I'm
trying to wait a year before upgrading my entire system.