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i have 4096 ram and am using xp32bit in my system its only recognising half that ive been told previously to go in bios and turn on memory remapping this decreased the amount of ram shown also as its not showing the full amount does this mean its not using it if so then is it a waste of time having the extra, is my only answer to upgrade to vista which i really dont wanna do. can anyone help. my spec
asus p5b intel 2 Quad 2.7 ghz
4g ddr2 pc6400 800mhz ram
500g sata/2 hard drive
nvidia 8800 gtx oc2 720mb
Just upgrade to Xp 64bit! Although it would be a large waste of money and you should just go for a 64bit version of Vista.
Core2Duo E6400 @ 3.4ghz
2gb Elipedia 1066mhz5,5,5,15
EVGA 680i
BFG 8800 GTS-OC 320mb
680w Thermaltake Purepower
2 x 250gb Sata
Vista Home Premium
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i actually did up grade to xp 64 as someone also told me this but it showed exactly the same amount as with 32 unless i needed to do the memory remapping wit that i ended up removing the 64 bit op0 as it didnt support any of the mcafee anti virus i own and i didnt really know the benefit of keeping it on no one could seem to tell me good points of 64 bit only bad ones if u know any good please tell.
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so the only way around this is to upgrade to vista 64. what i cant understand still though is how peeps are getting theres to show up to 3gigs of the 4 on 32 bit op that link was helpful, i did sort of get the jist of it but how come when i install my xp 64 it still showed exactly the amount it does on 32, i understand that my video card is taking 700 odd megs from it but this would still leave me with over 3 gig. From the spec i listed is it possible to tell whether it could be that the 64 wasnt compatible. It says the processors are x86
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If only half the RAM is being seen your memory controllers can't access the RAM properly. 32 bit windows systems with 4GBs ofRAM installed typically access about 3GB+.
Is your RAM fully seen in the POST screens?
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POST (Power On Self Test) are the screens that show BEFORE Windows starts. There should be much hardware info on those screens. If they don't show at all you need to enter the setup and disable fast boot and change to no logo. The POST screens should then appear at startup.
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i could probably take a picture of whats on there if that will help thats if its poss to post pics
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The memory you recently installed is not compatible with your MBoard. It is reading at half the capacity, which is common when the RAM is assembled using chips that are too high a density.
You have two choices, live with it or replace the RAM. Your computer may not be able to have 4GB of RAM no matter what density. Go to Crucial.com and use their memory configurator to see how much and what kind of RAM is compatible.
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thats a joke as i bought the pc ready built with all this in it the only thing ive changed is g card from 8500 to 8800 my mother board can take upto 8 gigs 4 2 gig sticks its on the list of compatible ram as i looked at it today ill go to crucial now and see what they say. thanks for helping
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Then maybe one of the sticks isn't installed correctly. Have you physically looked inside the case?
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when i run tests cpuz and pcprobe and crucial which ive just done it shows that all 4 slots have 1 stick of 1g ram in them if it wasnt installled properly would it still show up
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Looking back at your original post. We all learn everyday. I don't know about memory remapping in the BIOS. However, IF that is what you did I suggest you undo it. With a 32bit OS you won't be able to access all 4GB but you should get 3GB+ as I stated before.
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