I have an LG F1 Pro Express Dual laptop. The specs claimed support for up to 4 GB RAM . I installed 2X 2GB Kingston modules , and Win 7 X64.
Windows reports 4GB (3GB Usable). Resource Monitor reports that 1 GB is "Hardware reserved". The Bios reports 3GB RAM, 8MB reserved for video.
I updated the BIOS to the latest version on the LG CD posted in this forum (v7.04 from 01/17/07)
There is no option in the BIOS regarding the RAM
Is there a way to enable more options in the BIOS?
Any idea why it only "sees" 3GB? While Windows sees all 4 , but can only access 3GB?
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That laptop seems to have the Intel 945GM chipset which only supports just under 4GB RAM due to a 32-bit memory controller or something like that.
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According to this Mobile Intel® 945GM Express Chipset it should support 4GB
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It's been a while since I've checked. I think it specifies why all 4GB of RAM is not usable on page 325 of the datasheet.
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I see what you mean. Strangely I saw this post: [Solved] Maximum RAM supported in HP Pavillion dv6450us - Memory - Motherboards-Memory
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They say that it works (it also "works" for you), but they don't specifically say that they have checked how much memory they can access.
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"Works" and "supports" mean it doesnt explode or bluescreen when you have 2x2GB installed. It doesn't mean you can use whole 4096MB ram at once
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Is there a way to enable more settings in LG BIOS? Some MB have that feature (Usually CTRL+Fx will enable that). I could not find any reference to LG BIOS. (It's an MSI board) I was hoping there might be an option for memory remapping hidden somewhere....
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Thanks guys.
F1 Pro - BIOS reports 3GB RAM instead of 4
Discussion in 'LG' started by eross, May 4, 2012.