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

brianzion · 01 Oct 2010

DirtyElf said:

How could it be bios settings if windows "sees" 4gb but says only 2 are useable?

What sort of setting would I be looking for? I've combed through the bios a few times, didn't see anything about disabling or enabling ram...?

just covering what you have looked at

DirtyElf · 01 Oct 2010

I've looked at the bios, didn't see anything. Doesn't mean it's not there... Seems unlikely, but what do I know? I just want it fixed... It's not a bad mobo slot is it? Or could it be? I'll have to run memtest again

Gonna sleep now. Check back in the morning. :yawn

brianzion · 01 Oct 2010

okey dokey im sure there will be new posts here to help from others

DirtyElf · 01 Oct 2010

good morning.

no progress it seems.

brianzion · 01 Oct 2010

ello dirtyelf the afternoon for me :)

brianzion · 01 Oct 2010

been asking around for you and research i have a prob with my external dvd drive not reading dvds 3 years old may get another

DirtyElf · 01 Oct 2010

im at work now, about 10:30am... hopefully someone can help me with this issue

brianzion · 01 Oct 2010

soz i have not helped much maybe your slot is damaged? have you had a look in the case for loose cables on the board simple things overlooked can often be the cure :)

DirtyElf · 01 Oct 2010

yeah i checked the case, the cable management is done well.. im sort of ocd when it comes to things like that.. ive reseated the ram - windows sees it, just says its not useable which leads me to believe its a software setting

brianzion · 01 Oct 2010

DirtyElf said:

is all of my currently installed ram being recognized correctly? it seems like something is wrong...

hardware reserved is your graphics using this ???