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    G1sn ram problem

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by uberpooner, May 20, 2008.

  1. uberpooner

    uberpooner Newbie

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    First i would like to say hello, this is my first post. You guys seemed to have one of the more organized and professional forum area for notebook out of the many i came across.

    The problem that i have is this, when i start my computer from it being completely off, windows recognizes all 4 gigs. then when i close it, or put it into sleep mode or even hibernate mode, when i awake it i always get a ram error and then when my windows loads, vista only recognizes 3 gigs of ram. whats interesting is if i do the performance check after it only recognizing the 3g's my score would be something like 3.2 opposed to the 4.8 it normally gets.

    i have flashed the bios to the current 202, that didnt fix it. i also ran the recovery disk and reinstalled everything, that didnt fix it.

    anyone have this problem or know what i can do to fix it?
     
    uberpooner, May 20, 2008
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  2. E.B.E.

    E.B.E. NBR Procrastinator

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    Below I assume you have a 32-bit version of Vista.

    First, please check my Tips and Tricks, under "Why 3 GB of RAM instead of 4" With a 32-bit operating system, Windows will not use 4GB of RAM.

    Recently, Vista had an update which made it list 4GB of RAM with 4GB installed in system properties. That doesn't mean that it will actually use it. So that score difference is, I think, entirely fictitious.
     
    E.B.E., May 21, 2008
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  3. msnealo

    msnealo Notebook Enthusiast

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    I can't help but E.B.E. the G1SN comes with Vista Home Premium 64 bit.
     
    msnealo, May 21, 2008
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  4. Oldman

    Oldman Notebook Evangelist

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    If you have Vista 64, run memory test.
    May be you have faulty memory chip?
     
    Oldman, May 21, 2008
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  5. uberpooner

    uberpooner Newbie

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    Hey, after doing a couple things i ran the windows performance test when it showed 4 gigs and i got 5.0. then when i closed it and then reopened it i got the same error and vista only recognized 3 gigs. but i ran the performance test and i got the same exact results. what do you think that means?
     
    uberpooner, May 21, 2008
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  6. viperabyss

    viperabyss Notebook Evangelist

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    Time to write a complain letter to Steve Ballmer? :p
     
    viperabyss, May 21, 2008
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  7. Oldman

    Oldman Notebook Evangelist

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    STOP LOOKING ON MEMORY AMOUNT
    My take is that error message more serious sign of a problem
    Did you you update GPU driver? It might be reason
    Be cautious with BOIS - do not flush it out
     
    Oldman, May 21, 2008
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