Re: BioStar Motherboard eaten my RAM ???!!

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Re: BioStar Motherboard eaten my RAM ???!!

 

Hari Hari Mau wrote in

news:6d7b57ee-290d-43b5-a5e4-91f124521cdb@n38g2000prl.googlegroups.com:

> On Aug 13, 4:08 pm, Conor <conor_tur...@hotmail.com> wrote:

>> In article <c9b44d15-81e3-4940-837e-8a91e6d92800

>> @v26g2000prm.googlegroups.com>, Hari Hari Mau says...

>>

>> > Hello all !

>>

>> > Just recently I upgraded my PC to 4GB of DDR2 RAM --- 2 X 2GB DDR2 RAM

>> > Modules.

>>

>> > But when I plugged in the memory modules and powered up my PC, I got

>> > an unpleasant surprise !!

>>

>> > Somehow the 4GB of RAM only shows up as 3587072K of Memory !! That's a

>> > whooping 600MB of memory ****missing**** !!!

>>

>> > The motherboard for my PC is Biostar's P4M890-M7-SE and so far it

>> > hasn't given me any problem.

>>

>> > The motherboard has a built-in vga, which I use. I allocate 16MB of

>> > RAM as "shared memory" for VGA, and the "AGP-Aperture" I give it 32MB,

>> > all min figure.

>>

>> > When I first built the PC, I used a 1GB DDR2 memory module. The mobo

>> > showed me the correct mem figures, ie., 1GB (1024MB) MINUS the 16MB

>> > (of shared memory) and a 1MB of "T-Seg memory".

>>

>> > When I purchased a second 1GB DDR2 memory and plugged it in, again the

>> > mobo didn't give me any problem. It correctly gave me the 2GB (2048MB)

>> > MINUS the 17MB of shared and T-Seg memories.

>>

>> > However, when I plugged in the recently purchased 2 X 2GB DDR2 mem

>> > modules, the problem occurred !!

>>

>> > Instead of giving me 4GB (4096MB) MINUS 17MB, all I got is 3587072K

>> > (around 3.42GB) of memory, plus the 17 shared and "T-Seg" memories.

>>

>> > What's going on???

>>

>> > What can I do to get back the 600MB of my RAM that is

>> > ****MISSING**** ????

>>

>> Go into the BIOS, probably in the Advanced section and see if there's a

>> "Memory Remap" or "Memory Hole 15M-16M" option and enable it.

>

>

> Did that, but my 600MB of RAM still missing !!

>

> And I did some experiments ... if I increase the "shared memory" for

> the integrated video function from the current (minimum) 16MB to 256MB

> (max), only 2.8GB of the 4GB RAM memory is there !!

>

> No kidding !!

>

> On one hand, the increase from 16MB to 256MB is a 240MB of memory

> allocated to video, instead of the 240MB deducted from the main

> memory, the mobo somehow decides to deduct 600MB instead !!

>

> Holy cow !!!

 

Fuck me dead. Ignore the coonertard. You need a 64-bit OS to see all 4GB.

 

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