Ultima and 4 GB RAM - miss 1 GB

Posted: 02-26-2007, 08:47 AM
Hello,

I have a Gigabyte mainboard with 4 * 1 GB RAM modules. When I start the PC I
get the message 4 GB - memory okay.

When I start Vista Ultima, Vista showes only 3071 MB. I miss 1 GB. Where is
it? The graficcard is A NVidia 7600 with 256 MB.

Any idea?

Thanks,

Matthias

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JF Boulay
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Re: Ultima and 4 GB RAM - miss 1 GB
Posted: 02-26-2007, 10:26 AM
Hi Matthias,

I also have 4GB of RAM installed, and when I first put my new rig together
this past week, I had the exact same "problem". But it's not a problem in
the end. After scratching my head and testing my RAM modules in every config
imaginable (to check if any was DOA), I realized that the 763MB that were
missing from the readout in Windows (it shows 3325MB on my computer) was due
to the shared video memory. I checked my graphics card properties and...it
said that I had 763MB of shared memory. "Problem" solved.

Hope this eases your mind, because I certainly felt better once I knew my
RAM wasn't at fault.

JFB


"Matthias Muecke" <MatthiasMuecke@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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> Hello,
>
> I have a Gigabyte mainboard with 4 * 1 GB RAM modules. When I start the PC
> I
> get the message 4 GB - memory okay.
>
> When I start Vista Ultima, Vista showes only 3071 MB. I miss 1 GB. Where
> is
> it? The graficcard is A NVidia 7600 with 256 MB.
>
> Any idea?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Matthias
>
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Rick Rogers
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Re: Ultima and 4 GB RAM - miss 1 GB
Posted: 02-26-2007, 11:45 AM
Hi Matthias,

Normal for an x86 system, it's a limitation of 32-bit addressing. Some of
the addresses are reserved by the system for internal processes, the
installed ram gets the remainder.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Matthias Muecke" <MatthiasMuecke@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:E5BAED4C-5006-4784-B3DC-6747836493C9@microsoft.com...
> Hello,
>
> I have a Gigabyte mainboard with 4 * 1 GB RAM modules. When I start the PC
> I
> get the message 4 GB - memory okay.
>
> When I start Vista Ultima, Vista showes only 3071 MB. I miss 1 GB. Where
> is
> it? The graficcard is A NVidia 7600 with 256 MB.
>
> Any idea?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Matthias
>
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Matthias Muecke
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Re: Ultima and 4 GB RAM - miss 1 GB
Posted: 02-26-2007, 02:03 PM
Thats it. Thanks a lot.

I found a german side. Sorry only in german.
http://www.faq-o-matic.net/content/view/284/44/

Normally I can use only 2.8 - 3.5 GB !!! The rest is the PCI hole. It`s not
important, if I use a 32bit or 64 bit OS system.

Matthias

"Rick Rogers" wrote:
> Hi Matthias,
>
> Normal for an x86 system, it's a limitation of 32-bit addressing. Some of
> the addresses are reserved by the system for internal processes, the
> installed ram gets the remainder.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "Matthias Muecke" <MatthiasMuecke@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message news:E5BAED4C-5006-4784-B3DC-6747836493C9@microsoft.com...
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have a Gigabyte mainboard with 4 * 1 GB RAM modules. When I start the PC
> > I
> > get the message 4 GB - memory okay.
> >
> > When I start Vista Ultima, Vista showes only 3071 MB. I miss 1 GB. Where
> > is
> > it? The graficcard is A NVidia 7600 with 256 MB.
> >
> > Any idea?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Matthias
> >
>
>
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