Physical memory 4gb - Installed 8gb

The > 4GB issue is only present on some motherboards, most of Gigabyte`s are affected by it hence the MEMRemap function. Most other manufacturers have fixed this issue and moved on.

SCSIraidGURU said:
I have not heard of issues on XP x64 or Vista x64 about RAM over 4GB. I do know overclocking on any 64-bit is not as good as 32-bit OS.

I have three workstations with server boards running over 4GB. My Tyan Thunder K8W rev 3 is running 6GB and pair of AMD 265 dual core Opterons. My Tyan Thunder K8WE rev 4 is running 8GB and pair of AMD 280 dual core Opterons. My Supermicro X7DWA-N is running pair of Intel quad core E5430 Xeons with 16GB of RAM. The K8W can't see 8GB because the revision of the board does not support dual cores fully. I can't enable the memory hole on it. I can go back to single core Opterons to get 8GB. I rather have the four cores instead.

The problem is more likely how computer boards are setup. You don't want to overclock on your base OS install. You want to make sure the CMOS is configured properly to support your hardware.
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In addition, my grues would be that server boards, like those Mike is using, would have solved those issues a long time ago, since they have always had a greater capacity for memory than standard end user boards.
 

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    The Beast Model V (homebrew)
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    Intel Core i7 965 EE @ 3.6 GHz
    Motherboard
    eVGA X58 Classified 3 (141-GT-E770-A1)
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    3 * Mushkin 998981 Redline Enhanced triple channel DDR3 4 GB CL7 DDR3 1600 MHz (PC3-12800)
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    eVGA GeForce GTX 970 SSC ACX 2.0 (04G-P4-3979-KB)
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    ThermalTake Level 10 GT (Black)
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    Logitech G15 (gen 2)
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My server boards start at $550 and go up over $1000 each. They require Opterons and Xeons. They require ECC RAM. You also need a high quality power supply. You get other issues with server boards along with a huge Visa bill.
 

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  • CPU
    pair of Intel E5430 quad core 2.66 GHz Xeons
    Motherboard
    Supermicro X7DWA-N server board
    Memory
    16GB DDR667
    Graphics Card(s)
    eVGA 8800 GTS 640 MB video card
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    SAS RAID
kenhes said:
Take a look in msconfig (type it in the start icon) and there's an advanced option in there that can limit the usable ram. You could have ticked it at 4gb.
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Thanks kenhes,
i was altering my settings in msconfig and later realised that all my ram was not being used. your post told me what was wrong.
thanks.
 

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My max memory was blank (not checked).. I checked it and it automatically defaulted in with 8192. Once I reboot I can check the system again and see if it's any different..
 

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