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Memory not reporting correctly
My machine is less that a year old. I installed 6 GB because at the time I wasn't sure if I was going to go 64 bit or not. I ended up sticking with 32. Anyways, I read 6.00 GB (2.49 GB usable). I know I can't access all 6, but even my laptop (which is 32 bit and only 4 GB) says 3.25 GB usable.
I originally ran memtest when the system was built, so I assume everything was seated correctly. But maybe if a chip was bad, it just never checked it (but I think I remember it doing both). Just wanted to check before I started checking sticks. (And I'm not using an onboard video card)
I removed and cleaned. I even doubled checked the manual to make sure they were in the right slots. It's weird. I tested just 2 chips and system properties said 4 GB (2.49) usable. So whether it has 4 or 6, it still says only 2.49 available.