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Windows 7: Foxxcon Motherborad has 2.0gb RAm but Windows can only find 1.5gb RAM

04 Jan 2011  
ash30000

Windows 7 Ultimate 64Bit On Desktop & Windows 7 Home Premium 32Bit on Netbook
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Foxxcon Motherborad has 2.0gb RAm but Windows can only find 1.5gb RAM

Hi all
I have a 4 year old esystem EI214 desktop that recently i put in 2.0 RAM but windows can only find and use 1.5gb RAM.
If anybody has any suggestions please do help me because i rerly do need the other 500mb.
Thanks
Ashley

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04 Jan 2011  
zigzag3143

Win 8 Release candidate 8400
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Quote   Quote: Originally Posted by ash30000 View Post
Hi all
I have a 4 year old esystem EI214 desktop that recently i put in 2.0 RAM but windows can only find and use 1.5gb RAM.
If anybody has any suggestions please do help me because i rerly do need the other 500mb.
Thanks
Ashley
Might be shared video. Can you snip a picture of the performance tab of task manager.
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04 Jan 2011  
ash30000

Windows 7 Ultimate 64Bit On Desktop & Windows 7 Home Premium 32Bit on Netbook
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Hope it helps!
Ashley
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04 Jan 2011  
Brink

64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 & Windows 8 Enterprise
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Hello Ashley,

Since you are using a separate graphics card and not a integrated graphics chip that may be included on your motherboard, check your BIOS settings to see if you may have any memory allocated to a integrated graphics chip. You may have to dig around the settings to find one related to this though. If you do, set to be zero to allow Windows 7 to use all of the RAM.


In addition, check using the tutorial below to make sure that you have the Maximum memory box unchecked.

Memory - Set Maximum Amount Used by Windows 7

Hope this helps,
Shawn
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05 Jan 2011  
ash30000

Windows 7 Ultimate 64Bit On Desktop & Windows 7 Home Premium 32Bit on Netbook
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Hi
I do not have that option in BIOS.
Thanks
Ashley
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05 Jan 2011  
Brink

64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 & Windows 8 Enterprise
47,738 posts
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Ashley,

How did the other suggestion for unchecking the Maximum memory box go?
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05 Jan 2011  
ash30000

Windows 7 Ultimate 64Bit On Desktop & Windows 7 Home Premium 32Bit on Netbook
126 posts
 
 

Hi
I did not see that! lol
I will give it a go.
Thanks
Ashley
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06 Jan 2011  
ash30000

Windows 7 Ultimate 64Bit On Desktop & Windows 7 Home Premium 32Bit on Netbook
126 posts
 
 

Hi that did not work ether
Ashley
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06 Jan 2011  
Brink

64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 & Windows 8 Enterprise
47,738 posts
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Ashley,

When you reboot the computer and it very briefly shows how much RAM you have MBs in the scrolling text, does it show that you have the full 2048 MB?

If not, then reset the BIOS back to default settings, then restart again to see if shows at boot afterwards.

If still not, then you may need to flash the BIOS with a new version (if available) for your specific motherboard/computer model number.
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