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6 GB Installed (3 GB usable)
Howdy!
So I've read up a bit on this from other posts of the same problem and here's what I've tried:
What I have not tried is unseating and reseating the RAM for two reasons; 1) I would have to remove the Video card (which sits so close to the RAM locking arms they would hit the back if I tried opening them) and the HDD (because it hangs over the Video Card) which I'm not entirely sure would work because 2) Windows seems to know there's more there.
- Tried msconfig---every time I try to set the amount to anything above 2048 it resets. Tried deselecting "Max Memory" and it shows the same amount.
- Updated BIOS (Which only detected 3063 TOTAL)
- Looked up 'System Information' (See Attached Picture)
- Looked up 'Resource Monitor' (See Attached Picture)
- Looked up 'Control Panel -> System & Security -> System (See Attached Picture)
It detects it in Control Panel, System Information, and System Resources. I just can't get it to use it for anything other than BIOS.
So, I would be tremendously grateful for any other suggestions to try before I go yanking the guts of my PC out. Thank you.
***Edit: Did some more reading --- The RAM came straight from the store the way it was. From what I can tell, there are two red colored banks and two black colored banks. The 2 2-GB sticks appear to be in one color and the 2 1-GB sticks appear to be in the other. ***
***Update: Think two of the slots might have been bad---I now have 4 usable GB of RAM, instead of 3. It still detects all of it, it's just not usable at the moment.***
Last edited by ShouldaGotLinux; 12 Nov 2011 at 02:23. Reason: New Information