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dracoman6   02-17-2009 at 06:23:34 PM

Hey everyone. Just have a quick question.

Yesterday i got and installed a second 8800gt in my rig to run SLI. Took me a long time to get it working right.
So, i get it up and running, and the windows sidebar that i have says my RAM dropped from 3gigs to 2.3MB. Was that suposed to happen or did i do something wrong?
If i did, how can i fix it.

Im running
vista prem 32 bit
ASUS M3N72-D MoBo
AMD Phenom X4 II 940 Black edition
4gigs Geil 1066mhz ram (only running at 800mhz for some reason)

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EQPlayer   02-17-2009 at 07:11:59 PM
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32 Bit OS's can only recognize 4GB of RAM... and that's total (System RAM + Graphics Card RAM). Adding another 8800GT added more total RAM, thus decreasing the amount system RAM your OS can recognize.

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dracoman6   02-17-2009 at 07:14:46 PM
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oh. well that stinks. thanks for the help

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