Thats strange

Try these things

1.Try force HAL

Start>>Search>>msconfig

http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/4...tecthalja0.jpg

Check options which I show + restart

2.If point 1 no help try update drivers for motherboard chipset and BIOS

Originally Posted by pcbilski

Not sure if this is valid but i have a pre-release SP2, not sure if this could cause such a problem.

Was it like this before you installed SP2?
If the BIOS is telling you 4GB is installed and Windows is showing otherwise, I would say it has something to do with Windows.

Originally Posted by Flavius

1.Try force HAL

Dont know if this is a problem as well but while i was in there i saw that max mem was ticked and set on 2048, so unticked and enabled memory remapping in the BIOS, and its all good!!!

thanks for all the help guys!

Thats great but your system specs still says 2GB here :P

Are you overclocking? Does your FSB bus match your CPU properly? What does your computer register at post. Reset the CMOS to do the memory count. I see 4GB on the one area.

I would start by clearing your CMOS with the jumper and computer unpluged. Reset the CMOS to default.

Problem is fixed!!!
Thanks for all the suggestions

Originally Posted by SCSIraidGURU

Are you overclocking? Does your FSB bus match your CPU properly? What does your computer register at post. Reset the CMOS to do the memory count. I see 4GB on the one area.

I would start by clearing your CMOS with the jumper and computer unpluged. Reset the CMOS to default.

Those screenies r old, it does show 4 gigs now in task manager.

by default it runs at 1066, even my previous ram. All i have set in the BIOS is the ram frequency 1600, and the timings as the ram is rated.
The cpu is 1333fsb, board is 1600. The asus guy told me i couldnt run the ram at 1600 cuz of the 1333 fsb, guess he was wrong

You should be running DDR667 RAM with that CPU at 1333 MHz. You want the RAM set to auto frequency or DDR667.

@ SCSIraidGURU

I noticed it says u r a vista guru, maybe u can help with the following:
The svchost process has a thread called"wmiprvse.exe" which is using an abnormal amount of CPU power, and there is hard disk activity as well, games run really jerky unless i suspend the process with process explorer, any idea how to fix this? Anyone?
Some games wont load if it isnt running, have to resume -> load game -> suspend to play properly.
Really quite annoying.

Originally Posted by SCSIraidGURU

You should be running DDR667 RAM with that CPU at 1333 MHz. You want the RAM set to auto frequency or DDR667.

It is DDR3, and not possible to run at 667, the lowest it comes in is 800 or 1066.
Auto on this board is 1066, but why run lower when it supports up to 1800?