hi guys i have just bought and installed a pair of cosair vengence 2x4gb ddr3 ram sticks so i should be getting 8gb ram but in system it is telling me i have 8gb installed but only 3.5gb available ive been reading up in forums but not getting very far i had windows 7 32 bit installed but have just upgraded to windows 7 ultimate x86 sp1 and still getting the same my system info is
OS Name Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate
Version 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Build 7601
Other OS Description Not Available
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name NATH-PC
System Manufacturer System manufacturer
System Model System Product Name
System Type X86-based PC
Processor PentiumĀ® Dual-Core CPU E5800 @ 3.20GHz, 3203 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 2 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. 0604, 22/07/2010
SMBIOS Version 2.5
Windows Directory C:\Windows
System Directory C:\Windows\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United Kingdom
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.1.7601.17514"
User Name nath-PC\nath
Time Zone GMT Standard Time
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 8.00 GB
Total Physical Memory 3.50 GB
Available Physical Memory 2.67 GB
Total Virtual Memory 7.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 6.21 GB
Page File Space 3.50 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys
alot are saying to turn memory remapping off in bios but i cant seem to find it any help would be much appreciated ive been trying to find some answers in other forums but am not getting anywhere please help if u know this problem or have any ideas ive tried msconfig / memory andvanced setting and turned off maximum memory there thanks for your time