2.75 RAM ONLY OF 4 .. x64bit

[ham92bed96]

Listen People Please I Need Your Help ...
I Have A Processor Intel E5200 Dual Core @2.5 GHz
And 4 GB RAM
Foxconn Motherboard G31MV-K
Windows 7 x64
And Nvidia GT 240 Video Card ...
But My Windows Is Only Showing 2.75 GB of RAM
I Tried All The Ways And My Motherboard Doesn't Have Memory Remapping ...

Please Help !!!!

 

[diellur]

Have you tried taking out the sticks one at a time and seeing how that impacts the Windows memory? Check the BIOS and see if it's been allocated somewhere (unless that's what you meant by remapping).

 

[13thmonkey]

are you sure you've got 64bit?

 

[willard]

are you sure you've got 64bit?

This.

You'd be surprised how often this happens. I've even done it myself when downloading ISOs from MSDN.

 

[of the way]

Did you disable the onboard video?

 

[xx_pemdas_xx]

This.

You'd be surprised how often this happens. I've even done it myself when downloading ISOs from MSDN.

If his video card is 1gb and he is using 32-bit OS then that would make since.

 

[13thmonkey]

precisely, the number add up to using 32bit OS.

 

[JDFan]

Yep sounds like a 32 bit OS which would be limited to 4 GB. minus the system reserve and Video card page files would normally leave 3.25 GB. addressable unless using SLI or crossfire in which case subtracts another 512MB of page files for the second video card leaving 2.75GB. available -- so sounds about right if you are on a 32 bit OS with dual video cards !

 

[13thmonkey]

deleted, thought it was a bit less than 4

 

[gamerk316]

At a glance, it looks like the PCI-E and PCI busses are still being addressed in the 3GB-4GB range, which is normal behavior [due to PCI specifications]. Hence why most motherboards have some sort of memory remapping option, which basically tells the motherboard to move the RAM addresses that fall between 3GB and 4GB to somewhere else so they don't conflict. Some motherboards do this automatically, while some have it as a seperate option. I'm not familiar with Foxconn, so I can't say which is the case with them.

 

[ham92bed96]

Have you tried taking out the sticks one at a time and seeing how that impacts the Windows memory? Check the BIOS and see if it's been allocated somewhere (unless that's what you meant by remapping).

I Tried ... But None Happened

 

[ham92bed96]

Did you disable the onboard video?

How To Do That ?

 

[ham92bed96]

Yep sounds like a 32 bit OS which would be limited to 4 GB. minus the system reserve and Video card page files would normally leave 3.25 GB. addressable unless using SLI or crossfire in which case subtracts another 512MB of page files for the second video card leaving 2.75GB. available -- so sounds about right if you are on a 32 bit OS with dual video cards !

Man , I'm Sure I'm Using x64 Bit !

 

[Spadje]

1st Go to your start button
2nd Right click on Computer
3rd Select Properties
4th Take a look under System heading in the main panel of the page and look for system Type




If it does in fact state 64bit OS, then you will need to reboot the machine and before it posts hit your DEL key to enter your CMOS. Once in there you should find something about onboard video possibly under a title of Integrated blah blah. Most mobo's will disable the onboard video when it sees an actual video card in the slot but some of the lower end ones do not. If you can disable it you should gain at least 1GB of memory back if not all of it.

 

[ham92bed96]

1st Go to your start button
2nd Right click on Computer
3rd Select Properties
4th Take a look under System heading in the main panel of the page and look for system Type

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If it does in fact state 64bit OS, then you will need to reboot the machine and before it posts hit your DEL key to enter your CMOS. Once in there you should find something about onboard video possibly under a title of Integrated blah blah. Most mobo's will disable the onboard video when it sees an actual video card in the slot but some of the lower end ones do not. If you can disable it you should gain at least 1GB of memory back if not all of it.

Man I'm Not A Starter To Windows 7 ok ? ... i know this ********* ... and you're not helping

 

[13thmonkey]

Man I'm Not A Starter To Windows 7 ok ? ... i know this bullshit ... and you're not helping

mate, we get everyone here from 'whats a mouse' to very advanced users, we don't know who you are, or what you know, so there's two approaches, step by step, or ask the question, and then spend the next 3-4 posts telling you how to do it.

You fault sounds exactly like what we say it sounds like, so we'd like to know with certainty that your machine is indeed x64, and many users will not know how to do this.

 

[of the way]

Way to make it so no one wants to help you ham. Spadje was trying to be helpful. Most people who don't know how to disable onboard video wouldn't know how to tell if they're using a 64 bit operating system.

And did you even read his last paragraph? Or did you just quit after getting enraged that someone was trying to give a helpful step-by-step guide? Were you able to disable the onboard video (which you said you didn't know how to do, so Spadje's post had to be at least somewhat helpful)? Doing that should give you at least some of your ram back, and knowing what you have after doing that could help us help you.

I'll assume that you double checked that it is 64 bit per Spadje's instructions since it's possible to have installed from the wrong disc or something like that.

 

[nikorr]

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