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RAM troubles, please advise
Hello everyone, this is my first post here, and I hope I can find some answers among all of these people well-versed in Windows 7 experience.
I've run into an odd problem, which many people seem to have and yet none of the normal methods of fixing seem to work. Basically, my computer recognizes that I have 4 GB of RAM installed, but only allows for 2 GB to be used. This is on Windows 7 Ultimate, 32-Bit, the release candidate edition (which I intend to use until the time limit runs out). I know this computer has recognized up to roughly 3.2 GB of RAM in the past, and I am not sure when this change specifically occured.
Let me go through the steps I have taken to fix it:
1- I've gone into msconfig, the Boot tab, Advanced, and made sure Maximum Memory wasn't affecting everything. It was off, but I tried turning it on to see if anything would change, and nothing happened, so I set it back.
2- I have turned off the computer, pulled out all the RAM, and put it back in to make sure nothing was slightly ajar or unseated on the motherboard.
3- I ran Windows Memory Diagnostic on its deepest mode and found no errors
4- I checked my Motherboard driver and Bios for available updates
5- I checked in the Bios to make sure all 4 gigs were being recognized and available
6- Checked the Virtual Memory settings (which fixed a separate problem that was going on).
I might have tried something else as well, but I can't recall at the moment. Does anyone else have any suggestions? I know 32-bit windows can handle more than 2GB of ram, even with my little 500 meg graphics card, because it has done it before.
Thanks in advance for any help or advise people can give me.