| Windows 7: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit doesn't support 4GB RAM? |
24 Oct 2009
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#21 | | Vista Ult SP2/Win 7 Ult SP1/Win 8 Pro w/MC/x64/XP SP3 x86 in VM Toronto, Canada |

Quote: Originally Posted by jltk87 having the same problem as you guys. cannot install more than 2gb ram. just updated the bios and nothings changed. If i leave it to boot with 4gb then it hangs on the windows logo and after a while just turns itself off.
asus pn532 sli-se-deluxe, 2.4ghz dual core, corsair ram, 64 bit pro. Are you sure about that board number? The 5N32 is 32-bit so will not recognize more than about 3.3gb anyway.
EDIT: I stand corrected....it will take up to 8gb RAM according to ASUS but the RAM sticks must be of specific makes/types. | My System Specs |
| System Manufacturer/Model Number Alienware® ALX X58 OS Vista Ult SP2/Win 7 Ult SP1/Win 8 Pro w/MC/x64/XP SP3 x86 in VM CPU Intel® Core™ i7-975 Extreme O/C to 4.02 GHz, 8MB Cache Motherboard Asus® P6T Deluxe V2 X58 LGA1366 Memory 12GB DDR3 SDRAM at 1600MHz - 6 x 2048MB Graphics Card 1792 MB NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 295/Hauppauge HVR2250 TV Tuner Sound Card Onboard Soundmax® High-Definition 7.1 Performance Audio Monitor(s) Displays Samsung XL2370 LED backlit 23" W/S 2ms response time Screen Resolution 1920 X 1080 Keyboard Microsoft® Wireless Entertainment 8000 + Logitech® G15 Wired Mouse Microsoft® Wireless Laser 8000 + Logitech® G9 Wired PSU Alienware® 1200 Watt Multi-GPU Case Alienware® P2 ALX Chassis with AlienIce™ 3.0 Video Cooling Cooling Alienware® High-Perf. Liquid Cooling + Acoustic Dampening Hard Drives 2 x 500gb SATA II
1 x 1TB SATA II
1 external eSATA LaCie 1TB
(Non-RAID) Internet Speed 45mbps Other Info Using non-RAID on purpose as I find RAID to be too temperamental.
I've noticed no difference since switching. |
24 Oct 2009
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Quote: Originally Posted by Ex_Brit Are you sure about that board number? The 5N32 is 32-bit so will not recognize more than about 3.3gb anyway. The number 32 relates to the amount of PCI-Express lanes. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Too many to list. OS XP, Seven, 2008R2 CPU AMD, Intel, VIA Motherboard Various Memory Corsair, Kingston, etc. Graphics Card ATI, NVIDIA Monitor(s) Displays Samsung Keyboard qwerty Hard Drives Maxtor, Western Digital Internet Speed 22 Mb/s @ home, 1 Gb/s @ server Other Info All of my systems still run fastest on XP 32-bit for the most part. Win7 is fun to play with, but I still prefer XP for raw speed, security, and functionality. |
24 Oct 2009
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#23 | | Vista Ult SP2/Win 7 Ult SP1/Win 8 Pro w/MC/x64/XP SP3 x86 in VM Toronto, Canada |
Yes, I did go back and edit my post, sorry about that. I've been combing the internet on this subject and so far have come up with lots of theories but no firm solution for you guys. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Alienware® ALX X58 OS Vista Ult SP2/Win 7 Ult SP1/Win 8 Pro w/MC/x64/XP SP3 x86 in VM CPU Intel® Core™ i7-975 Extreme O/C to 4.02 GHz, 8MB Cache Motherboard Asus® P6T Deluxe V2 X58 LGA1366 Memory 12GB DDR3 SDRAM at 1600MHz - 6 x 2048MB Graphics Card 1792 MB NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 295/Hauppauge HVR2250 TV Tuner Sound Card Onboard Soundmax® High-Definition 7.1 Performance Audio Monitor(s) Displays Samsung XL2370 LED backlit 23" W/S 2ms response time Screen Resolution 1920 X 1080 Keyboard Microsoft® Wireless Entertainment 8000 + Logitech® G15 Wired Mouse Microsoft® Wireless Laser 8000 + Logitech® G9 Wired PSU Alienware® 1200 Watt Multi-GPU Case Alienware® P2 ALX Chassis with AlienIce™ 3.0 Video Cooling Cooling Alienware® High-Perf. Liquid Cooling + Acoustic Dampening Hard Drives 2 x 500gb SATA II
1 x 1TB SATA II
1 external eSATA LaCie 1TB
(Non-RAID) Internet Speed 45mbps Other Info Using non-RAID on purpose as I find RAID to be too temperamental.
I've noticed no difference since switching. |
24 Oct 2009
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#24 | | Windows 7 Ultimate x64/x86 Windows 7 Pro x64/x86 Windows 7 Home Premium x64/x86 |
I have 6gigs of RAM and Windows 7 installed flawlessly.
You must have cheap hardware. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number I trust nobody! OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64/x86 Windows 7 Pro x64/x86 Windows 7 Home Premium x64/x86 CPU Intel C2Q 9650 Motherboard Intel Memory 8GB DDR2800 Corsair Graphics Card NVIDIA 260 GTX Sound Card Onboard Monitor(s) Displays Dell 2409w Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Keyboard Microsoft Mouse Razer PSU 600 Watt FSP Group Case Antec Cooling Fresh Air Hard Drives 10 of em! Internet Speed Fast enough |
24 Oct 2009
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Quote: Originally Posted by joel406 You must have cheap hardware. It's not really fair to say. Because his system might run other operating systems flawlessly. This is an issue specific to Windows 7. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Too many to list. OS XP, Seven, 2008R2 CPU AMD, Intel, VIA Motherboard Various Memory Corsair, Kingston, etc. Graphics Card ATI, NVIDIA Monitor(s) Displays Samsung Keyboard qwerty Hard Drives Maxtor, Western Digital Internet Speed 22 Mb/s @ home, 1 Gb/s @ server Other Info All of my systems still run fastest on XP 32-bit for the most part. Win7 is fun to play with, but I still prefer XP for raw speed, security, and functionality. |
24 Oct 2009
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was previousely using vista 64 which ran fine.
Ran windows 7 32bit fine as well with 4gigs. just 64 bit that has this problem.
I dont seem to have or cant find a max memmory setting in my bios. | My System Specs | | OS windows 7 pro 64 CPU 2.4ghz dual core Motherboard asus pn532 something Memory 4gb Graphics Card 4870 Sound Card creative Monitor(s) Displays 24 inch PSU corsair 520w Hard Drives sata 1tb |
24 Oct 2009
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#27 | | Windows 7 Pro X64 SP1 Danbury, CT |

Quote: Originally Posted by jltk87 was previousely using vista 64 which ran fine.
Ran windows 7 32bit fine as well with 4gigs. just 64 bit that has this problem.
I dont seem to have or cant find a max memmory setting in my bios. I suggest running a memory diagnostic like MemTest86+: Memtest86+ - Advanced Memory Diagnostic Tool
It's OS independent. I don't know whether the 64 bit version of Windows 7 has more trouble booting with glitchy RAM than the 32 bit version.
I'm running Home Premium X64 with 12GB of RAM. (The maximum it supports is 16GB; it goes to 192GB with Pro.) | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number homegrown OS Windows 7 Pro X64 SP1 CPU Intel Core I7-3930k Motherboard Asus P9X79 Pro Memory 16 GB Gskill DDR3-2133 Graphics Card eVGA GTX680 Sound Card Creative X-Fi Titanium Monitor(s) Displays As PA246Q Screen Resolution 1920 X 1200 Keyboard cheap Logitech USB Mouse Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer (old optical) USB PSU PCP&C Silencer 750 Crossfire Case Silverstone FT02 Cooling Noctua NH-D14 Hard Drives Corsair Force GT, 120 GB
WDC 1.5TB Caviar Black Internet Speed 6Mb cable Other Info Pioneer BDR-205
Samsung SH-203B
Monsoon 5.1 speakers |
24 Oct 2009
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#28 | | Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit |
I'm having the same issue Simon, it's not your hardware. Well, it is your hardware, but specifically, it's the fact that Windows 7 can't support your hardware yet. It seems to be an issue with owners of certain Asus mobos with Athlon processors.
I am running:
Asus M2V-MX mobo
Athlon X2 6000+
2x2048MB Kingston RAM
Before Windows 7 I was running XP Pro-64 with no problems. Then when I tried to run a clean install of Windows 7 everything froze until I took out 2GB of ram.
It's been mentioned in several forums. This thread seems to have a BIOS tweak that may help some people, but it's not an option on mine. Anyone have issue with installing windows 7 x64 with 4GB ram
Unfortunately, that stick of RAM might have to sit in your drawer until Microsoft comes up with a patch. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Home Built OS Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit CPU Athlon 64 6000+ Motherboard Asus M2V-MX Memory 2x2048MB DDR2 Kingston Graphics Card Integrated Sound Card Integrated Monitor(s) Displays 17" Hewlett Packard CRT Cooling Thermaltake MaxOrb Hard Drives 1x80GB Maxtor IDE Master
1x250GB Seagate IDE Slave
1x160GB Seagate SATA |
25 Oct 2009
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Does this issue just occur on the Ultimate version of Windows 7? | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit CPU Intel E7400 @ 2.80GHz Motherboard Foxconn P31A-S Memory 4GB DDR2 Graphics Card Gigabyte GTS 250 1GB GDDR3 256 bit Sound Card RealtekHD Audio Monitor(s) Displays ASUS VW223 Screen Resolution 1680x1050 Keyboard Logitech Ultra-Flat USB PSU 500W Case Raidmax Luna2 ATX Hard Drives Seagate 500GB HDD SATAII HDD 32MB Cache Internet Speed 2MBs |
25 Oct 2009
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#30 | | |
Bottom line, it is not Windows 7 Ultimate problem.
That is so obvious that it could not possible that Microsoft let that bug out.
I would think the problem most likely is the board or bios. Make sure the setting on the board is correct and the bios is up to date.
I installed Windows 7 x64 Ultimate version on a Asus motherboard. Later I replaced the Core 2 CPU with the Quad and got into trouble, machine won't boot. I put back the old CPU, got to the web downloaded the latest Bios and believe or not I had to use a floppy drive to update the bios. Once updated, put in the Quad, problem solved.
The CD supposed contain both 32bit and 64bit version. Put back 4G RAM, install the 32bit version. It will use 3G RAM. If you have installation with that too, you know your problem is your motherboard, Bios or possible you damaged your RAM or did not seat the RAM in the socket properly (Swap the RAM and see if you have damage the RAM strips). | My System Specs | | Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit doesn't support 4GB RAM? problems? All times are GMT -5. The time now is 04:29 AM. | |