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MB doesn't detect all 4GB of RAM
Name: grammar Date: September 22, 2007 at 23:03:55 Pacific OS: Vista 64 CPU/Ram: Athlon FX-60/4.0GB Product: Homebuilt
Comment:
I have just upgraded my memory to 4GB, and my motherboard isn't detecting all of it. Both the BIOS and Windows only report 3119MB of memory. In fact, CPU-Z is the only program that detects the full 4GB. My motherboard does support 4GB of memory.
System information: CPU: Athlon 64 FX-60 Dual-Core Processor, overclocked to 3.0GHz MB: Asus Socket 939 A8R-MVP RAM: 4GB (4x1024) OCZ EL Platinum 2-3-2-5 Dual Channel PC3200 OS: 64-bit Windows Vista Home Premium.
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