having a problem with ram on dell optiplex gx270

Eton Baha

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hye,

i'm having a problem with dell optiplex gx270.

there's a 512mb x 2 ddr1 ram on the board but system only read maximum 256mb of them.

on bios, no problem. system can read as 1gb ram successfully.

but why only on operating system they can't read as 1gb?

i'm out of the idea how it could happen. please help?

thanks a lot.



regards,
miss eton baha
malaysia
 
Hi

Is this a system that has stopped working or has the RAM been upgraded recently ?

Did it ever see 1GB of RAM ?

it is possible with NT/2k/XP to limit ram seen using boot.ini setting


Limit the operating system to use the maximum memory of what the user specifies.
For example, "/maxmem=32" instructs the operating system to use a maximum of 32MB.

http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000492.htm#04

this PC seems to be from 2003 or 2004 so guessing OS = XP

regards

Mike Barnes