Windows 7 cuts my RAM

[dnewayz]

Hey guys, I hope some1 can help.
I just installed Windows 7 Ultimate on my PC, and everything is great except for 1 major flaw...
Windows 7 decided I only have 1GB of RAM installed when I actually have 2GB. I know cause I installed it myself. And even CPU-Z still sees it as 2GB. Only Windows 7 doesn't.
I tried changing the RAM from 1 port to the other, and still the same.

* The RAM is by Kingston, if it matters.
* In Windows XP, I was able to use all of the 2GB.

Thanks in advance!

 

[zigzag3143]

Hey guys, I hope some1 can help.
I just installed Windows 7 Ultimate on my PC, and everything is great except for 1 major flaw...
Windows 7 decided I only have 1GB of RAM installed when I actually have 2GB. I know cause I installed it myself. And even CPU-Z still sees it as 2GB. Only Windows 7 doesn't.
I tried changing the RAM from 1 port to the other, and still the same.

* The RAM is by Kingston, if it matters.
* In Windows XP, I was able to use all of the 2GB
Thanks in advance!

suspect you still can where exactly do you see only one? task manager?


Ken J+

 

[dnewayz]

No...
In the rating section and also in msinfo32.exe

 

[SlackerITGuy]

Maybe it's the onboard GPU?

 

[dnewayz]

Maybe it's the onboard GPU?

No. It can't be.
I tested it by adding 0.5GB RAM, in the 2nd slot, and windows started saying I have 1.5GB.

Any other thoughts?

 

[mpcrsc562]

Maybe it's the onboard GPU?

Maybe it's the onboard GPU?

No. It can't be.
I tested it by adding 0.5GB RAM, in the 2nd slot, and windows started saying I have 1.5GB.

Any other thoughts?

your specs state you have integrated graphics... your system shares the main memory with the integrated graphics. but to an unrelated question, how do you have 2gb + .5 gb when the max the board can handle is 2gb? (GA-8VM800PMD-775 - GIGABYTE - Product - Motherboard - Specification)

also, to find out how your ram is allocated, go to task manager>performance tab>click resource monitor.

 

[SlackerITGuy]

Maybe it's the onboard GPU?

No. It can't be.
I tested it by adding 0.5GB RAM, in the 2nd slot, and windows started saying I have 1.5GB.

Any other thoughts?

So?

There's still 1GB missing right?

May very well be the Integrated GPU.

 

[SlackerITGuy]

Maybe it's the onboard GPU?

Maybe it's the onboard GPU?

No. It can't be.
I tested it by adding 0.5GB RAM, in the 2nd slot, and windows started saying I have 1.5GB.

Any other thoughts?

your specs state you have integrated graphics... your system shares the main memory with the integrated graphics. but to an unrelated question, how do you have 2gb + .5 gb when the max the board can handle is 2gb? (GA-8VM800PMD-775 - GIGABYTE - Product - Motherboard - Specification)

also, to find out how your ram is allocated, go to task manager>performance tab>click resource monitor.

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[dnewayz]

Maybe it's the onboard GPU?

Maybe it's the onboard GPU?

No. It can't be.
I tested it by adding 0.5GB RAM, in the 2nd slot, and windows started saying I have 1.5GB.

Any other thoughts?

your specs state you have integrated graphics... your system shares the main memory with the integrated graphics. but to an unrelated question, how do you have 2gb + .5 gb when the max the board can handle is 2gb? (GA-8VM800PMD-775 - GIGABYTE - Product - Motherboard - Specification)

also, to find out how your ram is allocated, go to task manager>performance tab>click resource monitor.

hey, thanks for the response.
As I mentioned earlier, the 0.5GB I just added now to check if it changes the amount of memory that windows say I have.
I usually have just the 2GB.
And as for the graphics taking some of the RAM, I don't think it's the case... It says total physical memory 1GB (or 1.5GB after adding the extra 0.5GB).
After it says the total, it goes on to say where it's allocated.

Ps as I said before, in xp the same memory on same comp worked fine, and it said I had 2GB.

Pss. Or am I wrong, and my motherboard can only handle 2x1GB, and not 1x2GB?

 

[dnewayz]

So yes, I'm still missing 1GB, and it's not to the graphics, cause the graphics are getting the RAM from the 1/1.5GB that's left.
And if my motherboard can only handle 2GB, even if some for the graphics, why did adding an extra 0.5GB also changed in windows?

 

[Zidane24]

So yes, I'm still missing 1GB, and it's not to the graphics, cause the graphics are getting the RAM from the 1/1.5GB that's left.
And if my motherboard can only handle 2GB, even if some for the graphics, why did adding an extra 0.5GB also changed in windows?

Interesting issue...did you try to update your BIOS? Have you also updated your chipset?

 

[IggyAZ]

As weird as this sounds I'm not even sure if your motherboard is capable for Win7.
Have you read or checked out if your system was Win7 compatible?
No drivers for any Vista or Win7.
Last BIOS update 2006?

 

[dnewayz]

As weird as this sounds I'm not even sure if your motherboard is capable for Win7.
Have you read or checked out if your system was Win7 compatible?
No drivers for any Vista or Win7.
Last BIOS update 2006?

Like I said, besides the memory issue, EVERYTHING works great. I have all the drivers that I need (nothing is missing).
The only thing is that the BIOS didn't upgrade, but they work fine.

Oh, and windows 7 runs fast!!! Just no aero (no good graphics).

So what else? I think we are starting to get creative.

And once again, thanks for all the help!

 

[Tews]

This sounds like a dead stick of ram.... when you replaced one with a 500mb stick it showed it correctly... can you get a different stick to test it with??

 

[Zidane24]

This sounds like a dead stick of ram.... when you replaced one with a 500mb stick it showed it correctly... can you get a different stick to test it with??

to follow up with Tom...can you boot with only the .5GB(or 1GB I don't remember) stick of RAM you have (remove the 1GB)

Also insert this stick of RAM in the slot you AREN'T using...

This will hopefully prove/dissprove a dead stick of RAM/bad slot on the motherboard

 

[dnewayz]

This sounds like a dead stick of ram.... when you replaced one with a 500mb stick it showed it correctly... can you get a different stick to test it with??

to follow up with Tom...can you boot with only the .5GB(or 1GB I don't remember) stick of RAM you have (remove the 1GB)

Also insert this stick of RAM in the slot you AREN'T using...

This will hopefully prove/dissprove a dead stick of RAM/bad slot on the motherboard

ok.. I can't boot with only 0.5, since windows 7 requires at least 1GB.

And before I added the 0.5, I changed the slots of the 2GB stick. So now the 0.5 is where the 2 GB used to be, and the 2 GB is where there was nothing b4. So by that we know that the actual slots are working well.

Did I mention CPU-Z still reads 2GB? not that it changes anything.

I think the only test I can do is just replace the 2GB with a different one and see if that 1 is read as 2 or 1. But right now, I don't have any other memory stick, so I can't do it.

Can it be that the memory stick is half dead? It has a lifetime warrenty... Sounds fishy that it broke after only 18 months of use.

 

[Zidane24]

This sounds like a dead stick of ram.... when you replaced one with a 500mb stick it showed it correctly... can you get a different stick to test it with??

to follow up with Tom...can you boot with only the .5GB(or 1GB I don't remember) stick of RAM you have (remove the 1GB)

Also insert this stick of RAM in the slot you AREN'T using...

This will hopefully prove/dissprove a dead stick of RAM/bad slot on the motherboard

ok.. I can't boot with only 0.5, since windows 7 requires at least 1GB.

And before I added the 0.5, I changed the slots of the 2GB stick. So now the 0.5 is where the 2 GB used to be, and the 2 GB is where there was nothing b4. So by that we know that the actual slots are working well.

Did I mention CPU-Z still reads 2GB? not that it changes anything.

I think the only test I can do is just replace the 2GB with a different one and see if that 1 is read as 2 or 1. But right now, I don't have any other memory stick, so I can't do it.

Can it be that the memory stick is half dead? It has a lifetime warrenty... Sounds fishy that it broke after only 18 months of use.

Windows 7 has been booted on machines at 120MB RAM...I am running x64 in my laptop and booted at 256MB with no issue...so please just give it a shot so we can eliminate candidates for problems

 

[Tews]

have you run memtest86 to see if there are any errors?? You should run this test for several hours...

 

[dnewayz]

to follow up with Tom...can you boot with only the .5GB(or 1GB I don't remember) stick of RAM you have (remove the 1GB)

Also insert this stick of RAM in the slot you AREN'T using...

This will hopefully prove/dissprove a dead stick of RAM/bad slot on the motherboard

ok.. I can't boot with only 0.5, since windows 7 requires at least 1GB.

And before I added the 0.5, I changed the slots of the 2GB stick. So now the 0.5 is where the 2 GB used to be, and the 2 GB is where there was nothing b4. So by that we know that the actual slots are working well.

Did I mention CPU-Z still reads 2GB? not that it changes anything.

I think the only test I can do is just replace the 2GB with a different one and see if that 1 is read as 2 or 1. But right now, I don't have any other memory stick, so I can't do it.

Can it be that the memory stick is half dead? It has a lifetime warrenty... Sounds fishy that it broke after only 18 months of use.

Windows 7 has been booted on machines at 120MB RAM...I am running x64 in my laptop and booted at 256MB with no issue...so please just give it a shot so we can eliminate candidates for problems

Ok, I'll do it if it helps, but I don't see how this can help to see anything since I Switched between the memory sticks already. So can u explain how it will help?

 

[Zidane24]

ok.. I can't boot with only 0.5, since windows 7 requires at least 1GB.

And before I added the 0.5, I changed the slots of the 2GB stick. So now the 0.5 is where the 2 GB used to be, and the 2 GB is where there was nothing b4. So by that we know that the actual slots are working well.

Did I mention CPU-Z still reads 2GB? not that it changes anything.

I think the only test I can do is just replace the 2GB with a different one and see if that 1 is read as 2 or 1. But right now, I don't have any other memory stick, so I can't do it.

Can it be that the memory stick is half dead? It has a lifetime warrenty... Sounds fishy that it broke after only 18 months of use.

Windows 7 has been booted on machines at 120MB RAM...I am running x64 in my laptop and booted at 256MB with no issue...so please just give it a shot so we can eliminate candidates for problems

Ok, I'll do it if it helps, but I don't see how this can help to see anything since I Switched between the memory sticks already. So can u explain how it will help?

You just mentioned that you can't boot with only .5 which would imply that booting with only the .5 hasn't been tested yet