Memory Upgrade

> Does the BIOS report 4GB?
>
> You'll probably get a lower score with more memory, because on most
> motherboards it has to run the memory at a slower speed to be able to handle
> more of it.
>
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> Paul Smith,
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> "Tony" <Tony@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1F964AA5-7309-4F32-AD9B-96356B7F791D@microsoft.com...

> >I upgraded from 2GB of memory to 4GB of memory in my Vista x64 gaming rig
> >and
> > experienced a bunch of problems.
> >
> > First, my machine only recognized 3GB of the installed 4GB. A friend told
> > me to fix this I just had to enable mapping around the hardware memory
> > hole.
> > And that worked as far as the machine would recognize that 4GB were
> > installed. Although right away there were a bunch of other problems. It
> > caused popping in my speakers and didn't recognize a lot of my hardware
> > such
> > as my microphone, printer, and sound drivers. Also the index score for
> > memory went from 5.2 with my 2GB to a 4.0!
> >
> > So I disabled the mapping and let the machine only recognize 3GB, the
> > driver
> > and speaker problems went away but the index score for my memory still
> > only
> > gave me a 5.0, which is lower than the score I got with 2GB of the same
> > memory.
> >
> > I would like to find a way for my system to recognize all 4GB of the
> > memory
> > installed of course without experiencing driver and speaker problems and
> > also
> > have an index score that recognizes the upgrade. Any help would be
> > appreciated.

>

>I upgraded from 2GB of memory to 4GB of memory in my Vista x64 gaming rig
>and
> experienced a bunch of problems.
>
> First, my machine only recognized 3GB of the installed 4GB. A friend told
> me to fix this I just had to enable mapping around the hardware memory
> hole.
> And that worked as far as the machine would recognize that 4GB were
> installed. Although right away there were a bunch of other problems. It
> caused popping in my speakers and didn't recognize a lot of my hardware
> such
> as my microphone, printer, and sound drivers. Also the index score for
> memory went from 5.2 with my 2GB to a 4.0!
>
> So I disabled the mapping and let the machine only recognize 3GB, the
> driver
> and speaker problems went away but the index score for my memory still
> only
> gave me a 5.0, which is lower than the score I got with 2GB of the same
> memory.
>
> I would like to find a way for my system to recognize all 4GB of the
> memory
> installed of course without experiencing driver and speaker problems and
> also
> have an index score that recognizes the upgrade. Any help would be
> appreciated.

> Drivers can get screwed up sometimes with the larger memory. At least
> in x64 you can utilise and see all of the 4gb. In x32 (as it is here) 4gb
> shows as 2.9gb.

>
> "Peter" <peter@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:F7F5B414-577E-4955-AE8E-C6831885234B@microsoft.com...

> > Drivers can get screwed up sometimes with the larger memory. At least
> > in x64 you can utilise and see all of the 4gb. In x32 (as it is here) 4gb
> > shows as 2.9gb.

>
> It also depends on the size of the VGA Aperture and how many PCI slots you
> have.
> (Each PCI slot is mapped to memory locations)
>
> My Intel D865PERL has 4 GB and shows 3.5 GB in 32-bit XP and Vista.
>
> Tom Lake
>
>
>

> I also noticed just now even with the memory mapping turned off (which only
> shows me 3GB) I'm still having weird problems with the new memory. It's not
> recognizing some USB devices (like my microphone and printer) and it says
> that the "Superfetch" and "ReadyBoost" programs stopped working and had to
> close. Any ideas?
>
> "Tom Lake" wrote:
>

> >
> > "Peter" <peter@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:F7F5B414-577E-4955-AE8E-C6831885234B@microsoft.com...

> > > Drivers can get screwed up sometimes with the larger memory. At least
> > > in x64 you can utilise and see all of the 4gb. In x32 (as it is here) 4gb
> > > shows as 2.9gb.

> >
> > It also depends on the size of the VGA Aperture and how many PCI slots you
> > have.
> > (Each PCI slot is mapped to memory locations)
> >
> > My Intel D865PERL has 4 GB and shows 3.5 GB in 32-bit XP and Vista.
> >
> > Tom Lake
> >
> >
> >

> Hi Tony...
> I also upgraded my pc to 4gb from 2gb and it showed only 3gb.
> There is a patch from Microsoft that cures this....KB929777....mine now
> reads 4gb.
>
> Hope this helps....
>
> From another Tony.
>
>
> "Tony" wrote:
>

>> I also noticed just now even with the memory mapping turned off (which
>> only
>> shows me 3GB) I'm still having weird problems with the new memory. It's
>> not
>> recognizing some USB devices (like my microphone and printer) and it says
>> that the "Superfetch" and "ReadyBoost" programs stopped working and had
>> to
>> close. Any ideas?
>>
>> "Tom Lake" wrote:
>>

>> >
>> > "Peter" <peter@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > news:F7F5B414-577E-4955-AE8E-C6831885234B@microsoft.com...
>> > > Drivers can get screwed up sometimes with the larger memory. At
>> > > least
>> > > in x64 you can utilise and see all of the 4gb. In x32 (as it is
>> > > here) 4gb
>> > > shows as 2.9gb.
>> >
>> > It also depends on the size of the VGA Aperture and how many PCI slots
>> > you
>> > have.
>> > (Each PCI slot is mapped to memory locations)
>> >
>> > My Intel D865PERL has 4 GB and shows 3.5 GB in 32-bit XP and Vista.
>> >
>> > Tom Lake
>> >
>> >
>> >