Vista - Vista64 Not Using All Ram

icedearth15324 · 04-19-2009

Hello

For the longest time I was using 8gb of pc6400 ram. Well I just decided to bump up my memory to pc8500. However, for some reason Windows is only allowing me to use 3gb of my ram instead of the full 4gb. Anyone have an idea why?

This is what system information says:

Quote:

OS Name Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Home Premium
Version 6.0.6001 Service Pack 1 Build 6001
Other OS Description Not Available
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name KARL-PC
System Manufacturer EVGA__
System Model nForce 750i SLI
System Type x64-based PC
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz, 3000 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date Phoenix Technologies, LTD 6.00 PG, 8/12/2008
SMBIOS Version 2.5
Windows Directory C:\Windows
System Directory C:\Windows\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.0.6001.18000"
User Name Karl-PC\Karl
Time Zone Central Daylight Time
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 4.00 GB
Total Physical Memory 3.00 GB
Available Physical Memory 1.84 GB
Total Virtual Memory 2.91 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.67 GB
Page File Space 0 bytes

I can not figure out why it is doing this. And it is really getting frustrating.

Any information would be appreciated.

**rive0108** · 04-19-2009

what is you MoBo?

**Chappy** · 04-19-2009

Quote: Originally Posted by From screenshot

Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 4.00 GB

Your system sees all the installed RAM.
All I can think of is that you may have a "Memory Remap" function in the BIOS that needs to be enabled. If so it's in the Northbridge section, and this will remap any overlapped graphics memory back to the system.

04-19-2009	#1 (permalink)
icedearth15324 Vista Home Premium x64 1 posts	Vista64 Not Using All Ram Hello For the longest time I was using 8gb of pc6400 ram. Well I just decided to bump up my memory to pc8500. However, for some reason Windows is only allowing me to use 3gb of my ram instead of the full 4gb. Anyone have an idea why? This is what system information says: Quote: OS Name Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Home Premium Version 6.0.6001 Service Pack 1 Build 6001 Other OS Description Not Available OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation System Name KARL-PC System Manufacturer EVGA__ System Model nForce 750i SLI System Type x64-based PC Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz, 3000 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s) BIOS Version/Date Phoenix Technologies, LTD 6.00 PG, 8/12/2008 SMBIOS Version 2.5 Windows Directory C:\Windows System Directory C:\Windows\system32 Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1 Locale United States Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.0.6001.18000" User Name Karl-PC\Karl Time Zone Central Daylight Time Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 4.00 GB Total Physical Memory 3.00 GB Available Physical Memory 1.84 GB Total Virtual Memory 2.91 GB Available Virtual Memory 1.67 GB Page File Space 0 bytes I can not figure out why it is doing this. And it is really getting frustrating. Any information would be appreciated.
My System Specs

04-19-2009	#2 (permalink)
rive0108 Vista Ultimate X64 SP2 2,073 posts	Re: Vista64 Not Using All Ram what is you MoBo?
My System Specs

04-19-2009	#3 (permalink)
Chappy Vista Ultimate 64bit 357 posts	Re: Vista64 Not Using All Ram Quote: Originally Posted by From screenshot Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 4.00 GB Your system sees all the installed RAM. All I can think of is that you may have a "Memory Remap" function in the BIOS that needs to be enabled. If so it's in the Northbridge section, and this will remap any overlapped graphics memory back to the system.
My System Specs

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