Upraded 1gb to 4gb of RAM - 896MB 'usable'!

[goodysgotacuda]

Hello, I have Windows 7 Ultimate (32bit) loaded on my Toshiba laptop. I installed 2 x 2GB PNY chips of Ram into it (factory had 1gb, 2 x 512MB). The machine recognizes that it has 4GB of ram, but only shows 896MB as usable (the same as when I had the initial 1GB). Can someone lead me in the direction to figure this out?

From what I've googled is 4GB is max, common is 3.75GB usable. I'm a far cry away from that!

 

[mvnsnd]

How are you determining the amount found and the amount used?

What does your BIOS say?

Can you supply specific laptop model info and the model of the new ram?

 

[zigzag3143]

Hello, I have Windows 7 Ultimate (32bit) loaded on my Toshiba laptop. I installed 2 x 2GB PNY chips of Ram into it (factory had 1gb, 2 x 512MB). The machine recognizes that it has 4GB of ram, but only shows 896MB as usable (the same as when I had the initial 1GB). Can someone lead me in the direction to figure this out?

From what I've googled is 4GB is max, common is 3.75GB usable. I'm a far cry away from that!

Ok so you are running 32 bit, usually it can only recognize 3.25 gigs. What is yours seeing?

 

[DocBrown]

Start :ar: system configuration :ar: Boot Tab :ar: Advanced Options

Make sure Maximum memory is unchecked & at 0

 

[goodysgotacuda]

How are you determining the amount found and the amount used?

What does your BIOS say?

Can you supply specific laptop model info and the model of the new ram?

Control Panel > System & Security > System > "Installed Memory (RAM): 4.00GB (896MG usable)

Is that my BIOS?

Toshiba Satellite A215-S4697. New ram is 2x2GB PNY PC2-5300 DDR2.

I'm a computer newbie so bear with me! Thanks!

 

[goodysgotacuda]

Hello, I have Windows 7 Ultimate (32bit) loaded on my Toshiba laptop. I installed 2 x 2GB PNY chips of Ram into it (factory had 1gb, 2 x 512MB). The machine recognizes that it has 4GB of ram, but only shows 896MB as usable (the same as when I had the initial 1GB). Can someone lead me in the direction to figure this out?

From what I've googled is 4GB is max, common is 3.75GB usable. I'm a far cry away from that!

Ok so you are running 32 bit, usually it can only recognize 3.25 gigs. What is yours seeing?

It is recognizing 4.0GB, but only using 896MB (the same as when it recognized my old 1GB of Ram)

 

[goodysgotacuda]

Start :ar: system configuration :ar: Boot Tab :ar: Advanced Options

Make sure Maximum memory is unchecked & at 0

Did that, Mac Memory was unchecked, and is grayed out at "zero" when I opened the Advanced options.

Thanks-

 

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