896mb memory..

Posted: 12-28-2007, 08:08 AM

lames4113

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i recently bought 2x1gb ddr2800 ram and am running vista home premium... its
only giving me 896mb physical memory. i take a stick out and still runs at
896mb... my bios says it has 2048mb total.. is there an explanation for why i
can only get 896mb physical..

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Gary Mount

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Re: 896mb memory..

Posted: 12-28-2007, 01:02 PM

You should run an utility like CPU-Z. It is free and you can find it by
doing a search on the internet.
It will give information about each stick of memory in your system.

"lames4113" <lames4113@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6FEDE9D3-4E4F-4848-8566-8BB3F3F297CB@microsoft.com...

> i recently bought 2x1gb ddr2800 ram and am running vista home premium...
> its
> only giving me 896mb physical memory. i take a stick out and still runs at
> 896mb... my bios says it has 2048mb total.. is there an explanation for
> why i
> can only get 896mb physical..

Dustin Harper

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Re: 896mb memory..

Posted: 12-28-2007, 02:57 PM

Something you might try is going to Start > type MSCONFIG and press enter >
go to BOOT > Then Advanced Options > Make sure that Maximum Memory isn't
checked. If it is, uncheck it and reboot.

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"lames4113" <lames4113@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6FEDE9D3-4E4F-4848-8566-8BB3F3F297CB@microsoft.com...

>i recently bought 2x1gb ddr2800 ram and am running vista home premium...
>its
> only giving me 896mb physical memory. i take a stick out and still runs at
> 896mb... my bios says it has 2048mb total.. is there an explanation for
> why i
> can only get 896mb physical..

lames4113

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Re: 896mb memory..

Posted: 12-28-2007, 05:04 PM

thank you so much.. that was it! I knew it had to be something simple..
thanks again!

"Dustin Harper" wrote:

> Something you might try is going to Start > type MSCONFIG and press enter >
> go to BOOT > Then Advanced Options > Make sure that Maximum Memory isn't
> checked. If it is, uncheck it and reboot.
>
>
>
> --
> Dustin Harper
> dharper@vistarip.com
> http://www.vistarip.com
> "lames4113" <lames4113@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:6FEDE9D3-4E4F-4848-8566-8BB3F3F297CB@microsoft.com...
> >i recently bought 2x1gb ddr2800 ram and am running vista home premium...
> >its
> > only giving me 896mb physical memory. i take a stick out and still runs at
> > 896mb... my bios says it has 2048mb total.. is there an explanation for
> > why i
> > can only get 896mb physical..
>

Adrole

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Re: 896mb memory..

Posted: 03-16-2008, 12:17 AM

Thanks a lot, I spent hours and hours trying to find a fix for this
problem.

I could not find anywhere that had the answer until now. This quick fix
really did the job.

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Adrole

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