Solved -3 Memory Slots?

[shadow2201]

I installed Speccy on my work desktop, and was browsing through it just for kicks and noticed something very odd. Under the RAM tab, it says I have -3 ram slots available? Everything works fine, there's no real problem, just curious as to why this says that? Any clues?

This is a HP Z400 workstation PC, and I don't really have the spec's under my info because it's not my main PC, just a work one, but I will post a pic of the mobo stats. Using Windows 7 Pro 64 bit.

 

[ignatzatsonic]

What do you see on the HP Z 400 when you poke the RAM icon on the left side of Speccy?

My desktop shows

Total memory slots 4
Used memory slots 2
Free memory slots 2

Don't know why you would see a minus sign. I assume that's your complaint?

 

[shadow2201]

What do you see on the HP Z 400 when you poke the RAM icon on the left side of Speccy?

My desktop shows

Total memory slots 4
Used memory slots 2
Free memory slots 2

Don't know why you would see a minus sign. I assume that's your complaint?

The RAM section of Speccy above is the HP Z400 workstation, and yes I am wondering why I am seeing -3 Free memory Slots.....that's all.

 

[shadow2201]

I've just updated the BIOS to no avail! Still says -3 slots free. This is just odd! Like I said, it's having no ill effects on the computer that I can tell.

 

[Layback Bear]

I really don't have a answer for such a Speccy report.

Could you post one of these so we can see what Windows 7 see the ram as?

 

[shadow2201]

Here ya go!

 

[Layback Bear]

That looks normal to me.

Have you checked to see if Speccy is updated to work with Windows 7/64?
I'm thinking that Speccy is just reporting incorrectly.

Have you changed any setting in Advanced Boot Options?

 

[shadow2201]

That looks normal to me.

Have you checked to see if Speccy is updated to work with Windows 7/64?
I'm thinking that Speccy is just reporting incorrectly.

Have you changed any setting in Advanced Boot Options?

Speccy is up to date, I'm guessing you're right that it's just mis-reporting. I have not changed any settings in the Advanced Boot Options, I've not done a whole lot to the machine since getting it as I plan to upgrade in the coming months.

Thanks for the replies!

 

[Layback Bear]

Remove and reinstall Speccy and see what happens.

 

[shadow2201]

Remove and reinstall Speccy and see what happens.

Still getting the same thing. It's no big deal, don't work too hard on this, as I don't believe there's anything actually wrong with my computer, it's not acting funny, I was just curious as to why this was happening and if anyone had seen it before.

 

[Layback Bear]

Just thinking.

The only other thing I can think of is Speccy and your motherboard bios are not getting along with each other. I wouldn't change anything because things are working.