There is no setting in XP 32bit to allow XP to see beyond the 4GB
threshold. If you want to have Windows see beyond that, install a 64bit
version of Windows XP. Also, large amounts of memory are a known
problem for XP. There are so many factors that can cause improper
displaying of memory size it makes it difficult to pinpoint the actual
problem. It could be the BIOS, it could be the chipset, it could be the
memory itself, it could be an actual Windows setting such as the
finetuning of the boot.ini file by adding /3GB to the string. Many
things could be causing this.

----
Nathan McNulty


Jim wrote:
I currently have the exact same problem on 6 XP machines all running 4 GB of
RAM. 5 Show about 3.37 GB of RAM and one shows 3.0 GB of RAM. I am looking
for the registry key in XP to see beyond the 4 GB threshold. That is the
only idea I have to solve the problem so far.
Jim

"Eddie" wrote:


Hi Bob,

It says 3144948. So it's only showing around 3 GB.

I think this might be related to the memory map. XP only
sees a 4GB memory map, but my bios has a setting DRAM
over 4G Remapping. What this seems to do (based on what
I've seen from running memory diagnostics) is that it
takes the last GB of 4GB of memory to the map above the
4GB boundary. So we have,
----------------------
| 0-3072 | 4096-5120 | equalling 4GB total,
----------------------
instead of,
----------
| 0-4096 |
----------

This is why I only see 3GB in XP with this set (i.e. the
first map section). When I don't have this BIOS setting
enabled one would think that I would get all four GB
before the first boundary, but nope, Windows and the
memory diagnostics see,
----------
| 0-3584 | , so it shows 512MB less than 4GB.
----------

I don't know if this is a mobo issue or what, but for
some reason the full 4GB cannot fit in the first map.
Has anyone else had any experience with 4GB of memory
behaving in this way?

I'd appreciate any help,

Eddie




-----Original Message-----

"Eddie" wrote in

message

.. .

Hi Everyone,

I have an Athlon Fx-53 (939) system with 4GB of dual-
channel memory filling the memory banks of an Asus A8V
motherboard.

For some reason XP doesn't seem to detect the full 4GB

of

memory installed. In the System Information tool it
claims a "Total Physical Memory 2048.00MB"

and "Available

Physical Memory of 2.64GB", which is incorrect (not to
mention seemingly illogical).

Right click on the task bar at the bottom of your

Windows XP

screen and click on "Task Manager", then on

the "Performance"

tab. What does it say for "Total" under "Physical

Memory (K)" ?

-- Bob Day
http://bobday.vze.com


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