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bonfire1030   08-22-2008 at 06:10:20 PM

Ok, I have a problem. I currently have 4g (2g x2) of ram installed in vista home premium (32bit). I know that the most that vista will show available is 3.2g (due to the i/o swapping). My problem is that vista will show that I have 4g installed, but task manager only shows that I have 1022mb of physical memory that can be used. Any help or explanation of this would be appreciated.

running a lancaster8 mobo with an E2140, X1800gt, 4g ram

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Scotteq   08-22-2008 at 06:53:47 PM
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Are you sure you are not looking at what is being used? As opposed to can be?

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bonfire1030   08-23-2008 at 12:36:18 AM
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Yes, it shows
Physical Memory (MB)
Total = 1022
Cached = 542
free = 9

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Scotteq   08-23-2008 at 01:39:44 PM
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First thing to check - Go into the Bios - There should be a setting in there for Memory remapping. For a 32 bit OS, on most systems it should be disabled. Check that.

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bonfire1030   08-25-2008 at 05:14:30 PM
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ok, after looking at my bios, on scotteqs' recommendation; I have come to the conclusion that I will only be able to use 1g of ram. The bios is only configured for 1g total. After doing some investigation, I found out that I have a very crappy bios. The whole section for the memory has been locked out by the manufacturer. So it would seem that my best bet would be to get a mobo that actually has a decent bios.

Thank you scotteq for pointing me to the bios.

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Scotteq   08-25-2008 at 05:45:11 PM
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locked out by the maker? Bastidz!

Rebuild Time!

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Zoron   08-26-2008 at 08:30:17 AM
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Update the BIOS... that may help.

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techguy911   08-30-2008 at 02:44:28 PM
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Ahh its 32bit os hello that is the limit your os can handle on that mb if you want to make use of full 4 gigs you need to go 64bit.

I get that all the time i sell vista system to customer 32 bit they go hey it can only see 3.2 gigs then i tell them thats the limit that 32 bit os can handle.

with sp1 and current bios you can use the 4mb switch but a 32bit os on a current system is just a bottleneck best to spend the money and get 64bit vista for future proofing.

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