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Old 09-12-2008   #1 (permalink)


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Vista x64 is using only 3GB out of 4

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Old 09-12-2008   #2 (permalink)


Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64
 
 

Re: Vista x64 is using only 3GB out of 4

Quote  Quote: Originally Posted by Vampir View Post
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Hello Vampir,

Check to make sure that you have the latest motherboard BIOS installed. Sometimes a updated version will fix this issue.

Hope this helps,
Shawn
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Old 09-12-2008   #3 (permalink)


Vista Ultimate x64
 
 

Re: Vista x64 is using only 3GB out of 4

Thank you for suggestion. The problem was actually that one of the sticks wasn't put in all the way. BIOS didn't report 4GB but Vista had, thats why I thought that everything is ok on the hardware front.
After that I stumpled on another problem where I had to enable Memory Overlap in BIOS. So now I can finally use 4GB. Although I'm not quite sure whether it was refitting the RAM or changing BIOS settings that fixed the problem.
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Old 09-12-2008   #4 (permalink)


Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64
 
 

Re: Vista x64 is using only 3GB out of 4

That would do it. I'm happy to hear that you got it sorted out. Thank you for posting your results.

IMO, it was refitting the RAM that did the trick.

Shawn
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