Gigabyte GA-K8VM800M RAM issue.. only seeing half of it

What OS? For XP, boot.ini has an option for limiting ram:

/MAXMEM=

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb96389...

Sorry, it is XP Home Edition, Service Pack 3.

Here is all my boot.ini has to say.

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

Finally... I found the switch in CMOS to turn off sharing video. I was looking for that word "shared"...

Problem solved.  

Could you let me know where you found it please? I have exactly the same problem ...  

Do you have the same motherboard? This is an awfully old post... If you are 'missing' RAM on an i3/i5/i7, read the "i3/i5/i7 'Missing' Memory" (aptly, named, no? ) section of the 'sticky'...

Hi bilbat -- thanks for the reply. Yes it's an awfully old post but I've got an awfully old mobo  

My situation is the same as above: 2 x 1GB DDR2 PC400 trying to go into 2 x RAM slots, each stick boots computer in from either slot (so -- known-good) but gives the nasty long beep when two sticks are in together.

Noted that above poster turned off "shared video" and also saw that as a solution in another forum BUT it is not immediately apparent where one finds that switch on/off in the BIOS, allusions to "I was looking for shared" but doesn't state what he actually found ... I'll just go trawling again :-(

kind regards and P.S. I *love* your sticky!

Always !

Pretty much what I wanted to confirm - I'll start digging! The reason I had to ask, is it's such a common phenomenon in the 1156/1366 platforms - didn't want to 'dig in', and two posts later, find out it's a common, known problem...

Ahem - thought I'd make a quick pass through the manual (well, manuals, I read both the rev1 and rev2's manuals); there is no 'sharing' adjustment documented. It may, however, still be there... GB uses a keycode to 'protect' some BIOS settings - and I've never, in any manual (and I have over a hundred-fifty of 'em!), seen one of these documented! At the main BIOS page, do a <CTRL>+<F1>; you should see the BIOS page kind of 'flicker', or repaint the screen - then go a'hunting! If it follows their normal pattern, I would give a guess it might be on the "Integrated Peripherals" page; another possibility would be the "Frequency / Voltage Control" page...

Another issue I'd eliminate right away is getting to the 'current' BIOS rev - they often contain 'memory tweaks', and a couple are actually mentioned in the changelogs. For the rev1 it's F8; for the rev2, FD.



Thank you! ...but actually, it's pretty much for my own convenience... I found myself answering the same six or eight questions, over and over again; now, if someone's read the 'sticky', the question doesn't appear in the first place - and when the do appear, I can simply answer "read the 'blah-blah' section of the sticky!" You might be amused to know - you've just 'added' to it! I'm making a list of changes/additions, as I must ask a moderator to unlock it for me to edit - this exchange made me realize I need to get the 'secret' <CTRL>+<F1> thing in there!