win7 64bit only recognizing 6gig of my 8gig of ram

[brianzion]

Check BIOS settings

The problem may occur because some BIOS settings are incorrect.
Enable the memory remapping feature

Check the BIOS settings to see whether the memory remapping feature is enabled. Memory remapping gives Windows access to more memory. You can enable the memory remapping feature in the BIOS by booting to the system setup. See the User's Guide for your computer for instructions on how to boot to system setup on your computer. The name for the memory remapping feature may be different for different hardware vendors. This can be listed as memory remapping, memory extension, or something similar. Be aware that your computer may not support the memory remapping feature.
Change the AGP video aperture size in the BIOS settings

Check the BIOS settings to see how much memory that you have allocated to AGP video aperture. This is the memory that the system is sharing with the video card that is used for texture mapping and rendering. This memory would not be used by the system, because it is locked by the video card. You can adjust the AGP video aperture size in the BIOS. Standard settings are "32MB,""64MB,""128MB,"and "Auto." After you change this setting in the BIOS, restart your computer, and then check the usable memory. You can test each setting to see which offers the best results.

well this statement from windows quotes what you checked in your bios

 

[brianzion]

mmmm running out of possible reasons

 

[brianzion]

lets have a recap what is wrong and what you have tried

 

[DirtyElf]

also, its holding 2GB back.. not just 512mb or 1gb

grrr


edit RECAP: the problem is windows shows that i have 4gb of memory installed (which i do) and it says 2gb are useable

in the resmon window it shows that 2048mb are 'hardware reserved'

i have made sure that memory remapping feature was enabled in bios and i do not have an onboard graphics chip

 

[brianzion]

does the graphics card take that?

 

[DirtyElf]

my HD 5850 is only a 1GB pci-e card

 

[brianzion]

do you have cpuz ? CPUID - System & hardware benchmark, monitoring, reporting here is my video card

 

[brianzion]

post the resmon again

 

[DirtyElf]

1024MB....

edit: getting resmon

 

[brianzion]

the only hardware i can think of is the vid card its worth checking out the vid card web site for your model and seeing what requirements windows need to run it

 

[DirtyElf]

maybe this has something to do with it? says channel # for my ram is single

 

[brianzion]

i have duel channel single channel ddr3 seems wrong to me try this software please by passmark its called rammon PassMark RAMMon - Identify RAM type, speed & memory timings
its very detailed

 

[brianzion]

have you tried putting the sticks in side by side i mean in the pic you posted the four slots you have the ram not put in side by side do you see what i mean?

 

[DirtyElf]

i have not tried that, but the mobo manual says for dual channel operation to install them the way i have them.. let me double check that

edit: checked. yep.

 

[brianzion]

mmmm i see

 

[DirtyElf]

sigh. i dont know what else to try.

 

[brianzion]

nor me sorry it must be a simple setting somewhere

 

[DirtyElf]

i have done this... i need someone else to weigh in

 

[brianzion]

i think it is right the way you have the ram in it just turns it to single with 4096 MBytes capacity windows is useing 2GB but where? or by having that set up windows cant use full capacity see what i mean

 

[DirtyElf]

i dont see why that would be, im not a board engineer.. but that doesn't seem like it makes sense - ill check at the asus forums... traffic is slow over there