I have 2 Laptops Both very similar spec,I have just added more RAM to them both.Both were 4Gig Now they are both 8Gig. One Laptop has accepted the extra RAM and it shows up in Windows & every other program i can run. But in MY ACER its a different situation.it always had 4Gig installed right from new but windows has always reported it has 3Gig,that is to say if i open SYSTEM from the control panel,there it used to say "Memory (RAM): 3.00GB Usable Memory 2.93GB" that is what it used to say & yes i know i previously said it had 4GB thats because it did have 4GB. what windows reported was not accurate. But it never really bothered me so i just left it.it had 2 sticks of 2GB & double sided,its got 2 slots both are full & always have been. Speccy a program many will know always reported 4GB,thats mainly why i left it.Now it has 2 sticks of 4GB each, double sided RAM. SYSTEM now tells me i have 4GB not 8GB or 3GB Speccy tells me i have 8GB its correct & if i go to my BIOS before windows starts it tells me i have 8GB,(8192MB). Since i put in the new RAM & noticed Windows had changed from 3GB to 4GB but still does not recognize the full 8GB i have tried several other programs.PC Wizard is correct 8192MB 2X4096 DDR3-SDRAM. SANDRA From SiSoftware separates individual banks and says Bank 0 2GB DDR3 SO-DIMM 6-6-6-15 3-21-5-3-1T. it says exactly the same for Bank 1,2 & 3. It also tell me Maximum installable memory 8GB.but if i go to control panel,performance information and tools,advanced tools,then generate a system health report i get told i have only 3000MB again,that makes no sense to me,its even different to system that says 4GB.,i want to put it right because its the Windows reports that are wrong,i done Windows update,& all the usual things.This is with Windows VISTA Home premium sp2 32bit. ACER Aspire 5338 Intel Celeron T3000 ACER JV50 motherboard,
My Computer
System One
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- Manufacturer/Model
- ACER Aspire 5338
- CPU
- Celeron Dual Core T3000
- Motherboard
- Acer JV50
- Memory
- 8GB
- Screen Resolution
- 1366X768
- Hard Drives
- Hitachi 233GB