[managed]

When you first switch the PC on how much Ram is shown on-screen ?
With all 4 Ram sticks in I mean.

[jan_naj]

Im not an expert but this should not hapen on a 64 bit system.. i read that this problem will be for xp and vista 32bits, but also the 64-bit should recognice the 4 gigs.
at the moment i got a athlon 64 2.2 4200+ 3gigs ram os ultimate
have you tryed to go directly to support.microsoft.com to see if you can find a patch for this problem

[filerz]

when i go into bios it says 4096MB memory is installed but only 3000 and sumut is being used???????
Weird.?! lol
ll go on microsoft.com and see if there is some sort of patch then
Btw managed Liverpool fan Same :P

[filerz]

Bump

[filerz]

I cant find anything on the microsoft website if some1 has found one and could send me a link that would be helpful otherwise got any other ideas??

[Lil Chris]

I had the same problem on my machine when I 1st upgraded to 4gb when I started using Vista. Check your motherboard settings,on my Asus P5B you need to change a setting in the bios.Note this is on a Asuss not sure if other m/b's are the same.... Its not in my user guide,I only found out by going on the Asus website.Its under Advanced/chipset/northbridge/Memory Remap...set to enabled.Hope this is of help to you.Obviously if your not running a Asus M/b goto you boards support site.

[filerz]

I do use asus actually lol :P
Ill try that l8er thanks for the reply ill tellyou if it works.

[filerz]

well i went into bios and i went advanced chipset and coudnt find northbridge??????????
Im using a asus m/b.

[filerz]

I went onto there wesbite and found this


If you installed total 4GB memory, the system will detect less than 4GB of total memory because of address space allocation for other critical functions, such as:

- System BIOS (including motherboard, add-on cards, etc..)
- Motherboards resources
- Memory mapped I/O
- configuration for AGP/PCI-Ex/PCI
- Other memory allocations for PCI devices

Different onboard devices and different add-on cards (devices) will result of different total memory size.
e.g. more PCI cards installed will require more memory resources, resulting of less memory free for other uses.

On a SLI system, since PCI-Ex graphic cards will occupy around 256MB, another 256MB will be occupied after you install a 2nd PCI-Ex graphic card. Hence, 2.75GB memory left only if two SLI cards installed on A8N-SLI Premium while 3.0GB memory left with one graphic card without other add-on devices.


I got it from here http://support.asus.com/faq/faq.aspx...Language=en-us



Is there anyway of freeing up memory? how and what to get rid of?

[zoso420g]

http://forums.microsoft.com/technet/...&tf=0&pageid=0

[filerz]

whats the link meant to mean sorry? Mine boots and works fine just says 4000mb is installed and only 3000mb is usable.

[Elvandil]

Right-click Computer > Properties. What does it say under "System Type"?

[chav101]

How about Windows Professional x64? Will this recognize the RAM and alleviate some of the annoying problems with Vista? Anyone use it? Also, I found this site that may help some of the Vista users. Let me know if it helps.
http://www.ocmodshop.com/ocmodshop.aspx?a=989

[filerz]

under system type it is the same 3GB
i suppose its just vista eating memory then?

[Lil Chris]

hi again.My Asus mb has jus recently failed so I have bought a new Asus P5K premium mb.this mb again supports memory remap for 64bit systems ie Windows XP 64&Vista 64
Its in the bios under chipset/northbridge chipset config/memory remap.It does also say if using a 32bit system only 3gb of ram is reccomended.