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05 Feb 2010
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#31 | | Win 7 Ultimate x64 Etobicoke, Ontario |

Quote: Originally Posted by whs
Good point Stormy. My explanations did assume that you have a proper BIOS. Of course, if you have some old box from a rummage sale Dell/HP/Acer/etc, anything can happen - LOL. Fixed it for you. 
Quote: Originally Posted by Coolness Yeah, no such function in BIOS. So, no dice? 4gb is useless on this system? Didn't think there would be. I don't know that I would say 4 GB is useless, just that you can only use 3 of the 4 GB installed. It could be worse, if you go by the service manual for that model, Aspire M1610/Veriton M261 Service Guide
it is only supposed to support up to 2 GB total (2x1). Guess they uppped it in a bios update for those that got one with those specs. | My System Specs |
| System Manufacturer/Model Number Me OS Win 7 Ultimate x64 CPU Phenom II x4 955 @ 4 GHz. Motherboard Asus M5A97 EVO Memory 2x2 GB Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 Graphics Card Sapphire HD 6850 Sound Card Xonar DGX w/ Logitech X-530 Monitor(s) Displays Acer S232HL Abid Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Keyboard Logitech Wave Mouse Logitech G5 v2 PSU Antec Earthwatts 650W Green Case Antec Three Hundred Cooling Cooler Master 212 EVO Hard Drives 120 GB OCZ Vertex 3
500 GB Seagate 7200.12 Internet Speed 24000/1000 |
05 Feb 2010
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#32 | | Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 Florida in winter, Black Forest/Germany |

Quote: Originally Posted by stormy13 
Quote: Originally Posted by whs
Good point Stormy. My explanations did assume that you have a proper BIOS. Of course, if you have some old box from a rummage sale Dell/HP/Acer/etc, anything can happen - LOL. Fixed it for you.  Hmm, are you sure. I have both Dell and HP and a Gateway (kind of Acer), and none of them have this problem. The Gateway is a 64bit Windows 7, the Dell is a 32bit Vista and the HP has both Vista and Windows 7 in 32bit. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP, Dell, Gateway, Toshiba - 4 laptops and 2 desktops OS Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 CPU from 1.6GHz Duo to i7 Monitor(s) Displays 2x HP w2207 Keyboard with trackball - no mices Mouse Trackball mice Hard Drives 5x HDD, 7x SSD, 12x Externals Internet Speed DSL 6000 |
05 Feb 2010
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#33 | | Win 7 Ultimate x64 Etobicoke, Ontario |
Easy answer, do you have that setting in the bios of any of those? And on any of them running with 4 GB of ram (64 bit OS only), what does it show as installed/usable? | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Me OS Win 7 Ultimate x64 CPU Phenom II x4 955 @ 4 GHz. Motherboard Asus M5A97 EVO Memory 2x2 GB Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 Graphics Card Sapphire HD 6850 Sound Card Xonar DGX w/ Logitech X-530 Monitor(s) Displays Acer S232HL Abid Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Keyboard Logitech Wave Mouse Logitech G5 v2 PSU Antec Earthwatts 650W Green Case Antec Three Hundred Cooling Cooler Master 212 EVO Hard Drives 120 GB OCZ Vertex 3
500 GB Seagate 7200.12 Internet Speed 24000/1000 |
05 Feb 2010
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#34 | | Windows 7 Ultimate x86-64 |
What is your chipset? It could be it only supports 3GB max. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Sony Vaio Z46GDU OS Windows 7 Ultimate x86-64 CPU P9700@2.8GHz 1066MHz FSB Motherboard Sony branded Memory 6GB DDR3 1066MHz Graphics Card 9300M GS 256MB Dedicated (Speed) + Intel4500MHD (Stamina) Sound Card Realtek HD Audio Monitor(s) Displays 13.1' WXGA Screen Resolution 1600x900 Hard Drives 320GB 7200RPM w/ 16MB cache Internet Speed 1MB/s |
06 Feb 2010
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#35 | | Win 7 pro 64-bit, Ubuntu 9.10 64-bit |

Quote: Originally Posted by Frostmourne What is your chipset? It could be it only supports 3GB max. Dude, my Ubuntu recognizes the 4gb, and uses all of it. Ubuntu FTW. I think Vista SP2 would say i have 4gb,but i'd use 3. Maby i get Vista,to put my mind at ease | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Acer Veriton m261 (modded) OS Win 7 pro 64-bit, Ubuntu 9.10 64-bit CPU Intel Core 2 Duo 2.60 Ghz Motherboard Whatever came with the system Memory 4 gb ddr2 667 Mhz Graphics Card NVidia Geforce 9400 GS 1 gb ddr2 550 mhz GPU Sound Card Intergrated Monitor(s) Displays samsung SyncMaster 2494 24" Screen Resolution 1080p Keyboard Apple Aluminium (Awesome) Mouse Some awesome Dell mouse, really good. PSU whatever came with the system Case whatever came with the system Cooling whatever came with the system Hard Drives 80gb - IDE
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