[Toti]

This si part of that article , I didnt find some thing to use or resolve my trouble with RAM of 2GB, thanks anyhow for the read , usefull if one day I want to upgrade to 4 GB.
Accessing more than 2.0 GB of memory on
Windows® XP®

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This section describes necessary settings to get access to more than 2.0GB of memory on Windows® XP® within a V5 process.



Background

By default, Version 5 processes on Windows can allocate up to 2.0GB of memory for storing data and code. The 4GB address space offered by the operating system is split in two areas of 2GB each: the first 2GB is for user mode, and the other 2GB isg reserved by the kernel. On Windows® XP®, it is possible to increase the default allocation capabilities up to 3.0GB (3GB for user mode, 1GB reserved for kernel). Such capability requires additional tunings in order to be effective:

From an operating system standpoint
From a Version 5 standpoint

So far what I did havent resolve this situation , IM stuck in the BIOS thingy and I read a Article that dont help to much in this case , whats next to try ??! thanks for all the time guys to read this post and try to figure it out , IM trying to do my homework here , searcing in dif . sites but so far "Nada" , hopefully someone wiht more experience in this can luckely read this post and give me a hand .
I already open the computer , chek this sticks DIMM were well placed in teh sockets and
uninstal and reinstal the Video card , then check the drivers the device manager and display adapters " no conflicts" then chek again the propieties of "my computer" and same quantity of Mem.Ram 1.49 GB of ram in BIOS same 1528 . so wut to do next?

Toti

[Toti]

Hi guys well I try to look onto this more , somone told me that maybe the stick is faulty but its pretty rare , and to unplug an plug back those sticks , did it but no luck still showing that ammount 1528 and no 2GB .!


searching for answer in the Internet I find this app. link : http://www.memtest86.com/#display

and this one too : http://hcidesign.com/memtest/download.html

pls.guys S.O.S....... now my system is runing somtimes slow like slugish at times , the internet somtimes loads pretty slow, its this a secondary effect of this no display correct of DIMM mem Ram ??


Toti

[Toti]

hi guys so , were should I go in Bios to disable the onboard??



Toti

[Nalianna]

Sorry for delayed reply, been at work too much, sec, i'll have to reboot to look in my bios, lol

[Toti]

Thank you very much Nalianna ;
Take a good bath , relax , eat well , a coffe then when you have time pls. let me know were can I fix this mem.ram thingy in BIOS. because I honestly dont know , and I dont want to Kaput my computer or move something that is not correct to adjust , thanks again Nalianna .


Toti

[Toti]

OK I uninstall the HUGE video card lol . and power on the computer = results no change.
I lift both sticks from the sockets dimm then put them back = results no change.

can someone explain me what Im doing wrong or what im missing ?? I been in the BIOS and I just dont find the place to adjust the Mem. capacity to 2GB .
Do I have to reset my CMOS ???? or Flash my BIOS ???

pls. thanks

Toti

[ozrom1e]

Have you removed jsut one of the Ram chips and tried running to see what it gives for quantity? Then switch to the other Ram chip and check the quantity?

[Nalianna]

For my PC, which has same brand (AMI) bios, but can vary slightly...

in the BIOS, 4th option from the top, "PCI / Plug and play"
Primary display AGP
Allow IRQ for PCI NO
Allow Busmastering YES (shouldn't affect you)

Keep in mind, this is for MY machine, yours may be different

[haLcy.on]

Originally Posted by ozrom1e

Have you removed jsut one of the Ram chips and tried running to see what it gives for quantity? Then switch to the other Ram chip and check the quantity?

Exactly what I was thinking, make sure you move the stick over to the first slot when you do so however. That'll test for a bad stick. (Unless of course 512 comes up both times, then you look at either the slot, or like mentioned above, your onboard GPU draining your RAM.)

[Toti]

Ok guys i'll try that first socket test for bad ram stick dimm , and in the BIOS def. ill see that around . lets see what's comes for fix first , i'll post my finds in this

thanks halcy.con and ozrom 1e for the new tip .
and Nalianna " dont work to hard" .



toti

[Toti]

OK first of all :

1.- I start the test for bad Dimm stick , and none of the sticks its damage both give me 1GB of Ram I tried in both sockets and test both sticks separetly , then I placed both mem.sticks in the sockets cover the p.c. and fire it up , same thing it shows just 1.49 GB of Ram .

2.- I open my BIOS in advance tab I find the PNP in ALLOW IRQ for PCI - NO
and ALLOW BUSHMASTERING - YES .
press f10 to save changes boot normal to windows , chekcked properties and same situation 1.49 GB of Ram !!???

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OK now I open my Hardware tab in Device Manager to chek all my devices by TYPE went to my: PCI Standard PCI - to PCI Bridge Properties and find a CONFLICT !!

0 memory Range 9FE00000 - DFEFFFFF
Conflict device list
Memory Range 9FE00000 - DFEFFFFF
Used by : Motherboard resources <-----------------------------

Now I went to chek the : Motheboard Resources Properties and find this ;

Memory Range C0000000 - C0000FF used by :
PCI Standard PCI - to PCI Bridge <-------------------------------


Now I wcontinued cheking all the devices and just this ones came up with this conflict , the video card is OK no conflict his IRQ is Cool and memory range is OK .

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So now GUYS pls. if this " Conflict " in memory range of Moterboarda nd PCI bridge , the source of this " BAD DISPLAY of Memory Ram " ?????
and were can I go to fix this Conflict in the system ? because it can be fix , right ?

And by the way I tested with ALLOW IRQfor PCI -" NO" then to "YES" to see if this conflict could be fix by changing the value to NO or to YES but didn't have any IMPACT on it no change at all , the conflict was there at all times , so I place my SYSTEM back to were it was , in Allow IRQ for PCI - "YES" .


thanks to all . S.O.S.

Toti

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[Toti]

so ................. what can i do ???

pls. I already tried all the fix here post but nothing seems to workaround the trouble .

any ideas ??????/


thanks.

Toti

[Toti]

I FIND THIS !!!
Reported memory does not match installed memory
"When you view the Performance tab in System properties, the amount of memory reported may differ from the actual amount of memory installed in the computer. This behavior can occur for any of the following reasons: Himem.sys is not using all the memory on an EISA computer. A driver or program loading from the Config.sys or Autoexec.bat file is claiming a portion of random access memory (RAM). A virtual device driver loading from the System.ini file is claiming a portion of RAM. A protected-mode driver is causing the memory mismatch. The registry is damaged. A CMOS setting is disabling some of the RAM. You have the 'maxphyspage=' setting in your System.ini file set to restrict Windows from using some of the installed memory. Ramdrive.sys is being loaded in the Config.sys file. You are using a video adapter that is integrated into the motherboard."

Click the following link to read the relevant Knowledge Base article on this problem. -

http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;Q146912

IM going to get through this article to see if I can get a fix !! grrrrrrr !! thisis getting anoying
lol

TOTI

[Toti]

OK guys: I been trying to look for a solution myself , but im not P.C. technician , that why I ask for your help , maybe this one its too easy , and forget about me snif , snif ; o well , I been looking around for some explanation or a fix for this , so I went to the ASUS motherboard page and in the FAQ, I found this look here guys :
http://support.asus.com/faq/faq.aspx...Language=en-us

and that CONFLICT im getting in the devices PCI and Motherboard can be fix in the FLASH of BIOS ?? or I dont need to flash the Bios?? !!

thanks to all xoxo

Toti

[Toti]

ok by now theres one direct answer to this : ASUS say Flash BIOS !! but some ppl here probably knows a way around to this , One is to fix "adjust" my BIOS but havent find the correct application or tab to click , then the other is this conflict in Devices memory and PCI , so Im trying to figure it out that If I can fix this Conflict of devices , will this fix the wrong display or theres no other option that to Flash the BIOS !!!
please guys give me a hand , if anyone had or have ths situation and if you were able to fix it and how , I wil really apreciate the help , my computer is doing a slugish load at times .

Thanks again for any help .