Win7 64bit not seeing all 8gb of ram

On 12/28/10 4:49 PM, Bob H wrote:
On 28/12/2010 21:07, Roy Smith wrote:
On 12/28/10 2:34 PM, Bob H wrote:
On 27/12/2010 14:44, Bob H wrote:
I have just updated my system with another 4gb of ram bringing it upto
8gb and although the bios sees all 8gb, win7 64bit does not and says
3.5gb available
Or have I mis interpreted that?

Thanks

Ok folks an update here with what I have done to solve this minor
problem.
I did some searching on this and found some information which said
something about going into msconfig/ boot/advanced, and untick 'maximum
memory'

I did that, rebooted and now 8gb of RAM is shown in system with no
amount usable, as before.

I certainly hope that is a typo.. if there is "no amount usable" then
how is the pc running?


So there you go, a simple fix just like that did the job, and it seems
the board I have is now not subject to memory problems as someone
suggested.

Thanks to all who replied.

Good to hear you got it solved...



The 'no amount usable' means that what it said before about 3.5gb usable
is that there is no 'amount usable' now. So the pc is running on full 8gb


Oh I get it now... boy that can be confusing if one isn't paying close
attention...



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Roy Smith
Windows 7 Professional
Postbox 2.1.0
Tuesday, December 28, 2010 5:05:19 PM

On 28/12/2010 3:34 PM, Bob H wrote:
On 27/12/2010 14:44, Bob H wrote:
I have just updated my system with another 4gb of ram bringing it upto
8gb and although the bios sees all 8gb, win7 64bit does not and says
3.5gb available
Or have I mis interpreted that?

Thanks

Ok folks an update here with what I have done to solve this minor problem.
I did some searching on this and found some information which said
something about going into msconfig/ boot/advanced, and untick 'maximum
memory'

Any idea what the "maximum memory" option is about? How did it get
ticked in the first place?

Oh, I just tried it in msconfig, looks like the "maximum memory" is
probably some kind of debugging option, to limit the amount of memory
that the system sees. I assume it's to test programs in differing
amounts of memory.

Yousuf Khan

On 29/12/2010 07:27, Yousuf Khan wrote:
On 28/12/2010 3:34 PM, Bob H wrote:
On 27/12/2010 14:44, Bob H wrote:
I have just updated my system with another 4gb of ram bringing it upto
8gb and although the bios sees all 8gb, win7 64bit does not and says
3.5gb available
Or have I mis interpreted that?

Thanks

Ok folks an update here with what I have done to solve this minor
problem.
I did some searching on this and found some information which said
something about going into msconfig/ boot/advanced, and untick 'maximum
memory'

Any idea what the "maximum memory" option is about? How did it get
ticked in the first place?

Oh, I just tried it in msconfig, looks like the "maximum memory" is
probably some kind of debugging option, to limit the amount of memory
that the system sees. I assume it's to test programs in differing
amounts of memory.

Yousuf Khan

I would never have thought about going to msconfig to see what was going
on if I didn't see the post in a forum I stumbled upon.
I have no idea what this 'maximum memory' means there either.

Bob H wrote:
On 29/12/2010 07:27, Yousuf Khan wrote:
On 28/12/2010 3:34 PM, Bob H wrote:
On 27/12/2010 14:44, Bob H wrote:
I have just updated my system with another 4gb of ram bringing it upto
8gb and although the bios sees all 8gb, win7 64bit does not and says
3.5gb available
Or have I mis interpreted that?

Thanks

Ok folks an update here with what I have done to solve this minor
problem.
I did some searching on this and found some information which said
something about going into msconfig/ boot/advanced, and untick 'maximum
memory'

Any idea what the "maximum memory" option is about? How did it get
ticked in the first place?

Oh, I just tried it in msconfig, looks like the "maximum memory" is
probably some kind of debugging option, to limit the amount of memory
that the system sees. I assume it's to test programs in differing
amounts of memory.

Yousuf Khan

I would never have thought about going to msconfig to see what was going
on if I didn't see the post in a forum I stumbled upon.
I have no idea what this 'maximum memory' means there either.

This may help (read all of it)
http://www.brighthub.com/computing/w...les/98948.aspx

From this google search: http://tinyurl.com/2ebxt6h which is this..
http://www.google.com/search?aq=f&so...05a7bb65e82229