4gigs ram installed, 2 gigs showing??

frostybrad · December 20th, 2007

Running Windows Vista and XP.... Had 2 gigs of ram and I just installed another matching set... so I have 4 gigs total.... Neither Vista or XP is showing the second pair..... Is there somehting wrong?? All I did was unhook everything... install the same type of memory as what was in there and rehooked the computer up and powered up.......??

anyone have any sugestions?? I thought XP recognizes up to 4 gigs??? I figured Vista Ultimate 32 bit would for sure????

thanks...

Yellowhello · December 20th, 2007

Only XP and Vista 64-bit will recognize all 4GB. It is normal, your not doing anything wrong, But if you want to utilize all 4GB, you need to get a 64-bit OS.

halutzparilla · December 20th, 2007

ditto+ good call YH...

frostybrad · December 20th, 2007

OKay I thought so. I only picked it up because it was on sale after a rebate for 59 bucks.... So just to be clear.... the memory is sitting there doing nothing??? Or is it working but it just doesn't show up? Sorry.... but I just wanna be aware... :)

Yellowhello · December 20th, 2007

I'm not sure... I think the system uses the extra RAM in the background, but I can't be sure... I'd like to know as well!

Panda Man · December 20th, 2007

It's just sitting there, 32-bit OSes can not address more than 4GB (I think, may be 3.5GB) of memory, including caches and such. I think that it may also include vRAM, but I'm not sure about that

Tech Geek Deluxe · December 20th, 2007

Somethings not right ... even with 32 bit OS you should be seeing 3-3.25GB

polobunny · December 20th, 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tech Geek Deluxe

Somethings not right ... even with 32 bit OS you should be seeing 3-3.25GB

It really depends on his components. I've seen computers stopping at 2.5, some at 3. Frankly though I never saw one at 2...

**RA1D** · December 20th, 2007

with XP and 4 GB or RAM installed, my system saw about 3.2 GB which makes sense because of the 768 MB on my 8800.

his videocards take up 1.5 GB of memory so that puts him around 2.5 GB which brings up a good question - exactly how much is showing up? just 2 GB?

screwballl · December 20th, 2007

May want to get another hard drive and install a 64-bit linux to play around with and see how well 4GB does work.

December 20th, 2007	#1
frostybrad Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 271	4gigs ram installed, 2 gigs showing?? Running Windows Vista and XP.... Had 2 gigs of ram and I just installed another matching set... so I have 4 gigs total.... Neither Vista or XP is showing the second pair..... Is there somehting wrong?? All I did was unhook everything... install the same type of memory as what was in there and rehooked the computer up and powered up.......?? anyone have any sugestions?? I thought XP recognizes up to 4 gigs??? I figured Vista Ultimate 32 bit would for sure???? thanks... E6600 Dual Core @3.4GHZ (1511 FSB)@1.325volts 2x 8800 GTX KO ACS3 PCI-E 630MHZ 768MB 2.0GHZ Raptor 74GB WD Caviar 250GB HD Antec 1200 Hundred Case 4 gigs of Corsair XMS2 TWIN -6400C4 2GB DDR2-800 CL 4-4-4-12-2T 680I SLI LGA775 MOBO Samsung DVD+RW Enermax Galaxy 1000 wats PSU Zalman 9700 LED cpu fan 24" Samsung SynMaster Cooling: Swiftech Dual rad Swiftech Micro Res Swiftech Apogee GT Cpu block 2x Koolance 8800 GTX Full Coverage Water blocks Feser One Blue Fluid

December 20th, 2007	#2
Yellowhello Stoopid Head Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Pacific Grove, CA Posts: 4,254	Re: 4gigs ram installed, 2 gigs showing?? Only XP and Vista 64-bit will recognize all 4GB. It is normal, your not doing anything wrong, But if you want to utilize all 4GB, you need to get a 64-bit OS. Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 + Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme DFI Blood Iron P35-T2RL + Thermalright HR-05 IFX 2GB G.Skill 800MHz F2-6400PHU2-2GBHZ EVGA GeForce 8800GTS 320MB Silverstone Decathlon 650W Western Digital 250GB SATA II

December 20th, 2007	#3
halutzparilla ako the pinoy Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: by the beach Posts: 1,694	Re: 4gigs ram installed, 2 gigs showing?? ditto+ good call YH... Abit IP35-E C2D E6750 G0 @ 2.66ghz [TR Ultra120EX] EVAG 8800GTS [TR HR03] Corsair [2gbDual@800] 820GB HDD[120/200/500] Antec TP 550W Silverstone Temjin 09 Saitek Eclipse1 & Razer DeathAdder Windows Vista Ultimate 32bit

December 20th, 2007	#4
frostybrad Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 271	Re: 4gigs ram installed, 2 gigs showing?? OKay I thought so. I only picked it up because it was on sale after a rebate for 59 bucks.... So just to be clear.... the memory is sitting there doing nothing??? Or is it working but it just doesn't show up? Sorry.... but I just wanna be aware... :) E6600 Dual Core @3.4GHZ (1511 FSB)@1.325volts 2x 8800 GTX KO ACS3 PCI-E 630MHZ 768MB 2.0GHZ Raptor 74GB WD Caviar 250GB HD Antec 1200 Hundred Case 4 gigs of Corsair XMS2 TWIN -6400C4 2GB DDR2-800 CL 4-4-4-12-2T 680I SLI LGA775 MOBO Samsung DVD+RW Enermax Galaxy 1000 wats PSU Zalman 9700 LED cpu fan 24" Samsung SynMaster Cooling: Swiftech Dual rad Swiftech Micro Res Swiftech Apogee GT Cpu block 2x Koolance 8800 GTX Full Coverage Water blocks Feser One Blue Fluid

December 20th, 2007	#5
Yellowhello Stoopid Head Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Pacific Grove, CA Posts: 4,254	Re: 4gigs ram installed, 2 gigs showing?? I'm not sure... I think the system uses the extra RAM in the background, but I can't be sure... I'd like to know as well! Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 + Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme DFI Blood Iron P35-T2RL + Thermalright HR-05 IFX 2GB G.Skill 800MHz F2-6400PHU2-2GBHZ EVGA GeForce 8800GTS 320MB Silverstone Decathlon 650W Western Digital 250GB SATA II

December 20th, 2007	#6
Panda Man Meow means woof in cat. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Elba, AL Posts: 1,907	Re: 4gigs ram installed, 2 gigs showing?? It's just sitting there, 32-bit OSes can not address more than 4GB (I think, may be 3.5GB) of memory, including caches and such. I think that it may also include vRAM, but I'm not sure about that Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 Conroe @ 2.80GHz Cooler Master GeminII - Thanks Rich and HL! GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3 (rev. 1.3) EVGA GeForce 8800GTS 320MB @ 726/962 CORSAIR XMS2 4GB (4 x 1GB) DDR2-800 OCZ GameXStream 600W PSU Maxtor 300GB 7200RPM SATA150 16MB cache HDD Seagate 500GB 7200ROM SATA300 16mb cache HDD Sony NEC Optiarc 18X DVD±R DVD Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic 7.1 ZyXel m-202 802.11g adapter Antec Nine Hundred Creative 5.1 speakers Viewsonic Optiquest q20wb 20" LCD

December 20th, 2007	#7
Tech Geek Deluxe Eat from the right tree Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 744	Re: 4gigs ram installed, 2 gigs showing?? Somethings not right ... even with 32 bit OS you should be seeing 3-3.25GB

December 20th, 2007	#9
RA1D aka Mike Honcho Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: California Posts: 1,096 Blog Entries: 3	Re: 4gigs ram installed, 2 gigs showing?? with XP and 4 GB or RAM installed, my system saw about 3.2 GB which makes sense because of the 768 MB on my 8800. his videocards take up 1.5 GB of memory so that puts him around 2.5 GB which brings up a good question - exactly how much is showing up? just 2 GB? INTEL Core 2 Extreme QX9770 * ASUS Striker II Extreme 790i Ultra * Corsair Dominator 2GB DDR3-2000 EVGA GTX 280 SLI * Western Digital Velociraptor * ASUS BC-1205PT Blue Ray Drive * Danger Den Torture Rack Water Cooling - Dtek Fuzion V2 - D5 - 120.3 - EK Res400 - 1/2" Tygon - Bitspower Compression Fittings

December 20th, 2007	#10
screwballl Colonel Calamity Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Sandy South Posts: 6,279 Blog Entries: 6	Re: 4gigs ram installed, 2 gigs showing?? May want to get another hard drive and install a 64-bit linux to play around with and see how well 4GB does work. Thanks HL and Corsair! My opinions are my own and not representative of this site or its members.

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