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Old 06-08-2007   #1 (permalink)
Mike


 
 

vista is not seeing ram over 2gb

amd64 3000
3gb ram
512gb video ram
160 gb sata hard drive
vista premium

I have upgraded from 1.5 bg ram to 3 gb and it only see's 2, what do I need
to do to get the use of it all

My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 06-08-2007   #2 (permalink)
Paul MacFarlane


 
 

Re: vista is not seeing ram over 2gb

BIOS setting?

Vista 32 will use 3gb, vista 64 for more....


"Mike" <Mike@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F8DDA0AB-A792-4F28-893E-655A7099A9E8@microsoft.com...
> amd64 3000
> 3gb ram
> 512gb video ram
> 160 gb sata hard drive
> vista premium
>
> I have upgraded from 1.5 bg ram to 3 gb and it only see's 2, what do I
> need
> to do to get the use of it all



My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 06-08-2007   #3 (permalink)
Mike


 
 

Re: vista is not seeing ram over 2gb

I have a Asus k8n that can read up to 3gb and I am using 64bit, but it only
shows 2047 in both my system/bios and windows

"Paul MacFarlane" wrote:

> BIOS setting?
>
> Vista 32 will use 3gb, vista 64 for more....
>
>
> "Mike" <Mike@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:F8DDA0AB-A792-4F28-893E-655A7099A9E8@microsoft.com...
> > amd64 3000
> > 3gb ram
> > 512gb video ram
> > 160 gb sata hard drive
> > vista premium
> >
> > I have upgraded from 1.5 bg ram to 3 gb and it only see's 2, what do I
> > need
> > to do to get the use of it all

>
>
>

My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 06-08-2007   #4 (permalink)
Sugaruss


 
 

Re: vista is not seeing ram over 2gb

You need to enable memory re-mapping in your BIOS.

"Mike" wrote:

> I have a Asus k8n that can read up to 3gb and I am using 64bit, but it only
> shows 2047 in both my system/bios and windows
>
> "Paul MacFarlane" wrote:
>
> > BIOS setting?
> >
> > Vista 32 will use 3gb, vista 64 for more....
> >
> >
> > "Mike" <Mike@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:F8DDA0AB-A792-4F28-893E-655A7099A9E8@microsoft.com...
> > > amd64 3000
> > > 3gb ram
> > > 512gb video ram
> > > 160 gb sata hard drive
> > > vista premium
> > >
> > > I have upgraded from 1.5 bg ram to 3 gb and it only see's 2, what do I
> > > need
> > > to do to get the use of it all

> >
> >
> >

My System SpecsSystem Spec
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