ram

[noel55]

hi all. i just upgraded ddr2 ram from 4gig to 8 gig with the same sticks. mb picks up 8 gig, windows picks up 8 gig but says 3.19 usable. any reason why. i have a 64 bit os. thanks

 

[Jonathan_King]

Make sure Windows is allowed to have unlimited RAM.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/66482-memory-set-maximum-amount-used-windows-7-a.html

 

[noel55]

when i tick make settings permanent box and then apply the tick disappears. weird

 

[noel55]

i got it. bios, advanced, enable memory mapping.

 

[Jonathan_King]

Great, thanks for posting back with your solution.

 

[jan87]

noel55: how do you get the box always check so the setting will be permanent?

 

[Jonathan_King]

noel55: how do you get the box always check so the setting will be permanent?

Welcome!

 

[noel55]

with this informative site problems are generally easy to rectify. thanks to seven forums