win7 64bit only recognizing 6gig of my 8gig of ram

ok are your two sticks the same and how many? quote from your specs > *Memory 8GB 4x2 A-Data 1333 Mhz* is this your board
ASUS P7P55D-E PRO - motherboard - ATX - iP55 - LGA1156 Socket

so you have 4 sticks in the board memory holders?

i use this to check the modules pasmark program
http://www.passmark.com/products/rammon.htm
i posted it back in the thread

just two at the moment, in the correct channels per the mobo book for 2 dimms in dual channel operation

the other set had a bad stick, so i sent it back for replacements


edit: whats odd is that it says it has 4gb installed, but only 2gb useable... even in the resmon it says "installed 4096mb"

DirtyElf said:

just two at the moment, in the correct channels per the mobo book for 2 dimms in dual channel operation

the other set had a bad stick, so i sent it back for replacements

ah how have you got the sticks inserted on the board?

DirtyElf said:

just two at the moment, in the correct channels per the mobo book for 2 dimms in dual channel operation

the other set had a bad stick, so i sent it back for replacements


edit: whats odd is that it says it has 4gb installed, but only 2gb useable... even in the resmon it says "installed 4096mb"

im researching for you are they duel channel sticks ddr2 or ddr3? forgive me for all the questions

DirtyElf said:

like so:

thats looks right to me have you checked bios settings?

DDR3 sticks - I'll get the link one sec

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820211364