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    Not showing all RAM (sorry)

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by jooknow, Jan 7, 2008.

  1. jooknow

    jooknow Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'm almost certain this question has been asked a million times but I can't find any clear solutions or answers.

    I have an ASUS F3Ka which I upgraded to 4GB of memory. I am running on Vista 32-bit. I have heard that by using the 32-bit version of Vista I will never see all my RAM being used, however, it seemed that from what I read I should be seeing at least around 3.5GB of it but I'm only seeing 2.4GB.

    Is there any solution to at least see more of my RAM?
     
    jooknow, Jan 7, 2008
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  2. sly

    sly m1530 owner!!!

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    nope. the number varies but thats the most u will get, get an 64bit os so all the ram can be used
     
    sly, Jan 7, 2008
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    Le sigh. Figures that after dumping over a grand into a new laptop, I have to shell out to Microsoft in the end.
     
    jooknow, Jan 7, 2008
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    yes, you are right , this question is beeing asked over and over....

    a 32 bit os can only have 4GB of memory adresses ( this includes physical ram on graphics cards also)

    just search through some threads here......

    best
     
    schoko, Jan 7, 2008
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    swarmer beep beep

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    Wait a minute... you should be seeing at least 3 gb though even with a 32-bit os... not just 2.4 gb. I don't know what the problem might be. Is Windows reporting 2.4gb in use or 2.4gb total? Press Win-Pause... how much RAM does it say on that screen? Also, look in the BIOS and see how much memory it shows.
     
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    4GB - 512 MB DDRII ( ATI HD2600) - 1GB (Robson ) = ~2.4 GB
     
    schoko, Jan 7, 2008
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    Sorry, what is the 1GB Robson?

    Edit: and btw, both BIOS and windows shows ~2.4GB
     
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    hmm, that´s strange...

    at least the bios should tell you it´s 4 GB. Something is wrong there, some kind of incompatibility. maybe a bios update ( if available) can correct this.

    the robson module ( intel turbo memory )
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Turbo_Memory
     
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    Indeed... Asus is showing a BIOS update specifically to address this problem. Their website was experiencing too much traffic earlier for me to check this out.
     
    jooknow, Jan 7, 2008
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    Updated the BIOS... Vista is now showing 3GB of memory. Thanks for the help!
     
    jooknow, Jan 7, 2008
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    Incorrect, if he had Intel Turbo Memory *Robson* it wouldn't even touch or register with his normal physical RAM allotment.

    But on a 4GB in a 32bit OS would only yield a register of 3.0-3.5GB of ram.

    Glad you updated your bios to get north of 3GB jook.
     
    klutchrider, Jan 7, 2008
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    No, there's always Linux and FreeBSD.
     
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    I think 3GB is close to normal, looks like the BIOS update worked. The addressing issue is the only reason you should be under 4GB, I think the "Robson" will take space so you are looking OK. Does the BIOS report 4GB? I would like to see that, it would let me know I got what I paid for. Also in my system CPU-Z and SiSoft report the full amount. How does yours?
     
    powerpack, Jan 8, 2008
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    Padmé NBR Super Pink Princess

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    Research should always be done before you buy, not after. :p
     
    Padmé, Jan 8, 2008
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