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Windows only sees 2Gb of Ram



 
 
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Old March 3rd 07, 03:38 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices
SiP
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Default Windows only sees 2Gb of Ram

Running Vista Business on DFI Infinity 975X/G with 4Gb of DDR2-800. For some
reason the bios reports the full 4Gb but windows only ever reports 2Gb (I
know the GFX card would take some but I was expecting approx 3Gb).

Run MemTest86 tests overnight so it's not the dims.

Any ideas?
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Old March 3rd 07, 05:12 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices
BigJim
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Default Windows only sees 2Gb of Ram

if I see this question one more time..............................do some
research on Google
"SiP" wrote in message
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Running Vista Business on DFI Infinity 975X/G with 4Gb of DDR2-800. For
some
reason the bios reports the full 4Gb but windows only ever reports 2Gb (I
know the GFX card would take some but I was expecting approx 3Gb).

Run MemTest86 tests overnight so it's not the dims.

Any ideas?


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Old March 3rd 07, 05:56 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices
SiP
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Default Windows only sees 2Gb of Ram

Sorry BigJim. I had looked on google and changed some of the options in
bcdedit which was why I asked.

Current config is:-
nx - OptIn
pae - ForceEnable
increaseuserva - 3072

Were there any settings I missed?

"BigJim" wrote:

if I see this question one more time..............................do some
research on Google
"SiP" wrote in message
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Running Vista Business on DFI Infinity 975X/G with 4Gb of DDR2-800. For
some
reason the bios reports the full 4Gb but windows only ever reports 2Gb (I
know the GFX card would take some but I was expecting approx 3Gb).

Run MemTest86 tests overnight so it's not the dims.

Any ideas?



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Old March 3rd 07, 06:19 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices
Steve Jain
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Default Windows only sees 2Gb of Ram

On Sat, 3 Mar 2007 10:56:10 -0800, SiP
wrote:

Sorry BigJim. I had looked on google and changed some of the options in
bcdedit which was why I asked.

Current config is:-
nx - OptIn
pae - ForceEnable
increaseuserva - 3072

Were there any settings I missed?

BIOS settings. Enable memory hole.

Also, running the x64 version will allow you full access to your 4GB
without any 'tricks'.

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Cheers,
Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
http://vpc.essjae.com/
 




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