i need help. (ram issue)

[notbabylonian]

i have a 32 bit motherboard and 32 bit win 7 pro. with 4 gb of ram. it will only register 3 gb. so only 2 is usable when its running. i need to know how to get all 4 gb working on it. i know its possible just cant figure it out...

 

[StalkeR]

Read this thread and it will help you to answer your question .

http://www.sevenforums.com/general-discussion/86886-32-bit-vs-64-bit-comparison.html

 

[notbabylonian]

ok but my motherboard is 32 bit. i cant put 64 bit on it right? i have a 64 bit win 7 upgrade for the OS. but i dont think it would work on my 32 bit computer.

 

[gregrocker]

Reconfirm your mobo is only 32 bit (very rare) by checking its manufacturer's webpage Specs.

If so, you can possibly apportion more RAM to your GPU in BIOS setup, or if you check there you might find the 1gb is already taken by your video card.

 

[The Howling Wolves]

Reconfirm your mobo is only 32 bit (very rare) by checking its manufacturer's webpage Specs.

If so, you can possibly apportion more RAM to your GPU in BIOS setup.

Greg,
How about running a mem/ram test?
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/105647-ram-test-memtest86.html

I am not tech savy like you are but this just crossed my mind!
THW

 

[StalkeR]

Sorry I almous forgoted this thread, I was out.

Here you find how to fill out system specs: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/180324-system-info-see-your-system-specs.html

Greg,
How about running a mem/ram test?
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/105647-ram-test-memtest86.html

I am not tech savy like you are but this just crossed my mind!
THW

Dennis, I don't think that MemTest will help here(not atm).
We will wait the OP to fill system specs. to see that mobo and other things..

 

[The Howling Wolves]

Sorry I almous forgoted this thread, I was out.

Here you find how to fill out system specs: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/180324-system-info-see-your-system-specs.html

Greg,
How about running a mem/ram test?
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/105647-ram-test-memtest86.html

I am not tech savy like you are but this just crossed my mind!
THW

Dennis, I don't think that MemTest will help here(not atm).
We will wait the OP to fill system specs. to see that mobo and other things..

Thanks for the follow up Boshko!
Let's wait till he complete's the basic "Fill out System Spec" and go from there.
THW

 

[gregrocker]

Sure, testing the RAM is always a good idea.

But the extra RAM is likely not being read due to 32 bit OS limitations, with some of it apportioned to GPU.

There is a way to trace this which I'll try to find or hopefully someone recalls - thinking Resource monitor but it's complicated to read.

 

[The Howling Wolves]

Sure, testing the RAM is always a good idea.

But the extra RAM is likely not being read due to 32 bit OS limitations.

Greg,
What would happen if he switched sticks around.....just change slots from A to B and take B and put it in A slot?
Just to see if problems still exist.
This is something I, A NON TECH GUY, would do before running the long mem test.
Dennis

 

[gregrocker]

Sure, another good idea.

 

[The Howling Wolves]

Sure, another good idea.

Just to let you all know that I will be learning from this thread.
Must learn something new everyday otherwise the day has been wasted.:shock:
Dennis

 

[notbabylonian]

well i ran the mem test. it said that i would receive the results of it after i logged in again but i have received nothing so far.

 

[DeaconFrost]

A motherboard usually isn't compatible or not compatible with a 64-bit OS. The installed processor is what determines this. Fill in your system specs, and we can tell you for sure.

 

[gregrocker]

Check in BIOS setup to see how much RAM is being utlitized by your GPU as it might be the missing 1gb RAM.

I've asked for more help on this from someone who can recall how this is traced.

 

[notbabylonian]

OS Name Microsoft Windows 7 Professional
Version 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Build 7601
Other OS Description Not Available
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name RIAH-PC
System Manufacturer MSI
System Model Z1-7309
System Type X86-based PC
Processor AMD Athlon(tm) II X2 255 Processor, 3100 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 2 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. V2.2B6, 10/16/2009
SMBIOS Version 2.6
Windows Directory C:\Windows
System Directory C:\Windows\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.1.7601.17514"
User Name Riah-PC\Riah
Time Zone Eastern Standard Time
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 4.00 GB
Total Physical Memory 3.00 GB
Available Physical Memory 2.16 GB
Total Virtual Memory 6.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 5.00 GB
Page File Space 3.00 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys

 

[notbabylonian]

0x0000-0x9FFFF System board OK
0xFED45000-0xFFFFFFFF System board OK
0xC0000000-0xCFFFFFFF ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series OK
0xC0000000-0xCFFFFFFF PCI Express standard Root Port OK
0xC0000000-0xCFFFFFFF PCI bus OK
0xDFFF0000-0xDFFFFFFF ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series OK
0xDFE78000-0xDFE7BFFF High Definition Audio Controller OK
0xFEC00000-0xFEC00FFF Motherboard resources OK
0xFEE00000-0xFEE00FFF Motherboard resources OK
0xFEC80000-0xFD93FFFF Motherboard resources OK
0xFEFE0000-0xFEFE01FF Motherboard resources OK
0xFEFE1000-0xFEFE1FFF Motherboard resources OK
0xFEE01000-0xFEEFFFFF Motherboard resources OK
0xFFB80000-0xFFFFFFFF Motherboard resources OK
0xE0000000-0xEFFFFFFF Motherboard resources OK
0xDFFEC000-0xDFFEFFFF High Definition Audio Controller OK
0xDFF00000-0xDFFFFFFF PCI Express standard Root Port OK
0xDFE7F000-0xDFE7FFFF Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller OK
0xDFE7EC00-0xDFE7ECFF Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller OK
0xDFE7C000-0xDFE7CFFF NVIDIA nForce Serial ATA Controller OK
0xFEFF0000-0xFEFF0FFF High precision event timer OK
0xDFE77000-0xDFE77FFF NVIDIA nForce Serial ATA Controller OK
0xDFE7D000-0xDFE7DFFF NVIDIA nForce 10/100 Mbps Ethernet OK
0xF0000000-0xFED44FFF PCI bus OK
0xA0000-0xBFFFF ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series OK
0xA0000-0xBFFFF PCI Express standard Root Port OK
0xA0000-0xBFFFF PCI bus OK
0xC0000-0xCFFFF System board OK
0xD0000-0xD3FFF Motherboard resources OK
0xD0000-0xD3FFF PCI bus OK
0xD4000-0xD7FFF Motherboard resources OK
0xDE000-0xDFFFF Motherboard resources OK
0xE0000-0xFFFFF System board OK
0x100000-0xBFFFFFFF System board OK

 

[DeaconFrost]

It should be compatible, but the easiest thing to do is just fill in your system specs in your profile.

 

[notbabylonian]

i tried booting into the bios but for some reason it would not take me there. im pretty sure my bios key is like f 12. i was pushing down f4 and f2 also. just in case it wasnt. but it would not send me into the bios.

 

[notbabylonian]

It should be compatible, but the easiest thing to do is just fill in your system specs in your profile.

system specs in my profile? i dont understand what you are asking me to do...

 

[The Howling Wolves]

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/176785-vistaforums-sysinfo-tool.html

Follow this tutorial.......Will work for Win 7 also.