Vista Ultimate 64 bit RAM problems

[alessior]

i have a problem, In my bios it would show 4gb of ram installed, but only 3.2gb in my comp specs (i have vista ultimate 64 bit). i understand why it takes up that 1 gb because of my video card. I installed another 4 gb of ram into my computer. a total of 8gb of ram (i know its overkill but its for the future) my computer now shows 8gb installed in my bios but comp specs show 3.2gb still. i think i need to enable memory remapping. i dont think my bios supports that though. i have an Inspiron 530 from DELL. its quad core 2.4ghz. i dont know what my problem is exactly. I just dont understand why it would still show 3.2gb when i have 8gb in it. would anyone know what i can do to fix this?

 

[Scotteq]

Check your Bios - There shoudl be a memory Remapping function. Enable it, please.

 

[alessior]

i know about memory remapping. like i said in my post i dont believe my bios supports that feature. i tryed upgrading my bios and i did upgrade it to the latest version. but i cannot find memory remapping. i have looked in every category.

 

[notherdude]

Dude, you got a Dell. I can't answer your question exactly but knowing Dell I would not be surprised at all that they did not build in support for memory remapping. Did they sell you Ultimate 64 or did you add that yourself? I would be surprised to see any seller offer a PC with a 64 bit OS and then not support 4 gig or more of ram.

I did a quick search and found one other reference to this problem on the 530, that guy had not found a fix either, at least in that one thread.

 

[alessior]

ty, and i think your right. i did add ultimate 64 bit myself. and dell is retarded.

 

[OOOwatah]

Yeah, cuz my Vista Ultimate 64 sees the 4 gigs of ram just fine.

Granted my mobo sucks and I can't overclock without vista crashing and burning...but that's a seperate issue.

 

[geofelt]

Are you certain that you installed the 64 bit version? Ultimate comes with both.