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I would like a date that MS is going to have the +4 gigs of RAM issue fixed

on Vista Ultimate 64. Anyone have any info, as MS doesnt say a word? I have a

sweet machine that works beautifully......................If you discount the

8g RAM bug. I have all Vista 64 Certified components, and untill I ran into

this problem, there was no for-warning from MS. Its like if they ignore the

problem it will just go away. IM NOT GOING AWAY BILL GATES!! FIX YOUR

S@#T!!!!!

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Guest Charlie Russel - MVP

Guest Charlie Russel - MVP

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Re: When can I use all 8gigs of my memory MS???

 

gosh, I'm sorry your machine doesn't work with 8 GB of RAM. All of mine do.

 

Yelling at us really won't help - we don't work for Microsoft, we're just

users. This isn't a monitored forum, but a peer-support newsgroup.

 

--

Charlie.

http://msmvps.com/xperts64

http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel

 

 

"Defjr" <Defjr@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:0485C04C-9B41-4915-91A5-1377B73F54E1@microsoft.com...

>I would like a date that MS is going to have the +4 gigs of RAM issue fixed

> on Vista Ultimate 64. Anyone have any info, as MS doesnt say a word? I

> have a

> sweet machine that works beautifully......................If you discount

> the

> 8g RAM bug. I have all Vista 64 Certified components, and untill I ran

> into

> this problem, there was no for-warning from MS. Its like if they ignore

> the

> problem it will just go away. IM NOT GOING AWAY BILL GATES!! FIX YOUR

> S@#T!!!!!

Guest Scrat

Guest Scrat

Posted
Posted

Re: When can I use all 8gigs of my memory MS???

 

Look at your bios.

 

\s

 

"Defjr" <Defjr@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:0485C04C-9B41-4915-91A5-1377B73F54E1@microsoft.com...

>I would like a date that MS is going to have the +4 gigs of RAM issue fixed

> on Vista Ultimate 64. Anyone have any info, as MS doesnt say a word? I

> have a

> sweet machine that works beautifully......................If you discount

> the

> 8g RAM bug. I have all Vista 64 Certified components, and untill I ran

> into

> this problem, there was no for-warning from MS. Its like if they ignore

> the

> problem it will just go away. IM NOT GOING AWAY BILL GATES!! FIX YOUR

> S@#T!!!!!

Guest miso@sushi.com

Guest miso@sushi.com

Posted
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Re: When can I use all 8gigs of my memory MS???

 

On Mar 30, 3:48 pm, Defjr <De...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> I would like a date that MS is going to have the +4 gigs of RAM issue fixed

> on Vista Ultimate 64. Anyone have any info, as MS doesnt say a word? I have a

> sweet machine that works beautifully......................If you discount the

> 8g RAM bug. I have all Vista 64 Certified components, and untill I ran into

> this problem, there was no for-warning from MS. Its like if they ignore the

> problem it will just go away. IM NOT GOING AWAY BILL GATES!! FIX YOUR

> S@#T!!!!!

 

Bios memory remap.

 

This 4 and 8 G talk doesn't make much sense. If you can't do 4, you

can't do 8.

Guest Dustin Harper

Guest Dustin Harper

Posted
Posted

Re: When can I use all 8gigs of my memory MS???

 

It works fine. What hardware are you using? Maybe it's a conflict between

some of your hardware. Some motherboards are finicky with the types and

brands of RAM they use. What kind of bugs are you experiencing?

 

--

 

Dustin Harper

dharper@vistarip.com

http://www.vistarip.com | Vista Resource & Information Page

 

 

"Defjr" <Defjr@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:0485C04C-9B41-4915-91A5-1377B73F54E1@microsoft.com...

>I would like a date that MS is going to have the +4 gigs of RAM issue fixed

> on Vista Ultimate 64. Anyone have any info, as MS doesnt say a word? I

> have a

> sweet machine that works beautifully......................If you discount

> the

> 8g RAM bug. I have all Vista 64 Certified components, and untill I ran

> into

> this problem, there was no for-warning from MS. Its like if they ignore

> the

> problem it will just go away. IM NOT GOING AWAY BILL GATES!! FIX YOUR

> S@#T!!!!!

Guest Theo

Guest Theo

Posted
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Re: When can I use all 8gigs of my memory MS???

 

You need to check the capabilities of your motherboard

carefully.

 

I have 8GB DDR2-400 installed on a Biostar TA770 A2+ running

both Vista x64 and Win XP x64 and all 8GB are visible and

available to both systems.

 

Windows is not the problem, it's your hardware causing the

problem!

 

 

Defjr wrote:

> I would like a date that MS is going to have the +4 gigs of RAM issue fixed

> on Vista Ultimate 64. Anyone have any info, as MS doesnt say a word? I have a

> sweet machine that works beautifully......................If you discount the

> 8g RAM bug. I have all Vista 64 Certified components, and untill I ran into

> this problem, there was no for-warning from MS. Its like if they ignore the

> problem it will just go away. IM NOT GOING AWAY BILL GATES!! FIX YOUR

> S@#T!!!!!

Guest Theo

Guest Theo

Posted
Posted

Re: When can I use all 8gigs of my memory MS???

 

You need to check the capabilities of your motherboard

carefully.

 

I have 8GB DDR2-800 installed on a Biostar TA770 A2+ running

both Vista x64 and Win XP x64 and all 8GB are visible and

available to both systems.

 

Windows is not the problem, it's your hardware causing the

problem!

 

 

 

Defjr wrote:

> I would like a date that MS is going to have the +4 gigs of RAM issue fixed

> on Vista Ultimate 64. Anyone have any info, as MS doesnt say a word? I have a

> sweet machine that works beautifully......................If you discount the

> 8g RAM bug. I have all Vista 64 Certified components, and untill I ran into

> this problem, there was no for-warning from MS. Its like if they ignore the

> problem it will just go away. IM NOT GOING AWAY BILL GATES!! FIX YOUR

> S@#T!!!!!

Guest Tom Lake

Guest Tom Lake

Posted
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Re: When can I use all 8gigs of my memory MS???

 

 

"Theo" <theo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:%23e0e2mxkIHA.5160@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

> Windows is not the problem, it's your hardware causing the problem!

 

Not necessarily. There are examples of software that won't run

with more than 4 GB RAM installed even though the hardware is perfect.

Hauppauge's PVR software is one example.

 

Tom Lake

Guest Colin Barnhorst

Guest Colin Barnhorst

Posted
Posted

Re: When can I use all 8gigs of my memory MS???

 

It isn't a Windows problem. It is a problem with some consumer mobos,

especially ones that use nVidia chipsets. If you are using pc6400 ram

reduce the dram speed to 667.

\

"Defjr" <Defjr@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:0485C04C-9B41-4915-91A5-1377B73F54E1@microsoft.com...

>I would like a date that MS is going to have the +4 gigs of RAM issue fixed

> on Vista Ultimate 64. Anyone have any info, as MS doesnt say a word? I

> have a

> sweet machine that works beautifully......................If you discount

> the

> 8g RAM bug. I have all Vista 64 Certified components, and untill I ran

> into

> this problem, there was no for-warning from MS. Its like if they ignore

> the

> problem it will just go away. IM NOT GOING AWAY BILL GATES!! FIX YOUR

> S@#T!!!!!

Guest Colin Barnhorst

Guest Colin Barnhorst

Posted
Posted

Re: When can I use all 8gigs of my memory MS???

 

It isn't the amount of ram. It is the number of memory sticks. Its the

fourth stick that is an issue with some mobos. Four sticks at 667 seems to

work but not 800.

 

<miso@sushi.com> wrote in message

news:a8ce643b-2941-4fbd-b746-994870092a47@s13g2000prd.googlegroups.com...

> On Mar 30, 3:48 pm, Defjr <De...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>> I would like a date that MS is going to have the +4 gigs of RAM issue

>> fixed

>> on Vista Ultimate 64. Anyone have any info, as MS doesnt say a word? I

>> have a

>> sweet machine that works beautifully......................If you discount

>> the

>> 8g RAM bug. I have all Vista 64 Certified components, and untill I ran

>> into

>> this problem, there was no for-warning from MS. Its like if they ignore

>> the

>> problem it will just go away. IM NOT GOING AWAY BILL GATES!! FIX YOUR

>> S@#T!!!!!

>

> Bios memory remap.

>

> This 4 and 8 G talk doesn't make much sense. If you can't do 4, you

> can't do 8.

Guest Colin Barnhorst

Guest Colin Barnhorst

Posted
Posted

Re: When can I use all 8gigs of my memory MS???

 

Theo is right.

 

"Tom Lake" <toml_12953@hotmail.com> wrote in message

news:48B28625-5184-4106-B6DE-99B886254902@microsoft.com...

>

> "Theo" <theo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:%23e0e2mxkIHA.5160@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>

>> Windows is not the problem, it's your hardware causing the problem!

>

> Not necessarily. There are examples of software that won't run

> with more than 4 GB RAM installed even though the hardware is perfect.

> Hauppauge's PVR software is one example.

>

> Tom Lake

Guest Theo

Guest Theo

Posted
Posted

Re: When can I use all 8gigs of my memory MS???

 

Then I would say it's Hauppauge software at fault, not Windows.

 

I have 4 sticks of 2GB PC6400 and I have yet to encounter

any problems running it at full speed, DDR2-800.

 

 

Tom Lake wrote:

>

> "Theo" <theo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:%23e0e2mxkIHA.5160@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>

>> Windows is not the problem, it's your hardware causing the problem!

>

> Not necessarily. There are examples of software that won't run

> with more than 4 GB RAM installed even though the hardware is perfect.

> Hauppauge's PVR software is one example.

>

> Tom Lake

Guest Carlos

Guest Carlos

Posted
Posted

Re: When can I use all 8gigs of my memory MS???

 

It is amazing how users point their guns to Vista so easily.

Last week one guy at the company told me that his newest Vista laptop could

not play some videos and audio files and that he was seriously thinking about

going back to XP because Vista was just a piece of c.... (well, you know the

word).

I suggested him to install an audio/video decoder like ffdshow and that was

it, another happy user of Vista.

Carlos

 

"Colin Barnhorst" wrote:

> It isn't a Windows problem. It is a problem with some consumer mobos,

> especially ones that use nVidia chipsets. If you are using pc6400 ram

> reduce the dram speed to 667.

> \

> "Defjr" <Defjr@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:0485C04C-9B41-4915-91A5-1377B73F54E1@microsoft.com...

> >I would like a date that MS is going to have the +4 gigs of RAM issue fixed

> > on Vista Ultimate 64. Anyone have any info, as MS doesnt say a word? I

> > have a

> > sweet machine that works beautifully......................If you discount

> > the

> > 8g RAM bug. I have all Vista 64 Certified components, and untill I ran

> > into

> > this problem, there was no for-warning from MS. Its like if they ignore

> > the

> > problem it will just go away. IM NOT GOING AWAY BILL GATES!! FIX YOUR

> > S@#T!!!!!

>

Guest Tom Lake

Guest Tom Lake

Posted
Posted

Re: When can I use all 8gigs of my memory MS???

 

 

"Theo" <theo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> Then I would say it's Hauppauge software at fault, not Windows.

 

Yes, it is Hauppauge's fault. You said, however, that if it isn't Windows fault, it

must be a

hardware fault and I proved that it isn't necessarily a hardware fault.

 

Tom Lake

Guest Theo

Guest Theo

Posted
Posted

Re: When can I use all 8gigs of my memory MS???

 

Just because you jumped in and altered the original subject

doesn't mean you proved anything. The original post was

about Vista not recognizing 8GB of memory and for that case

it is the motherboard and/or the BIOS. I know the BIOS is

software, but it establishes the hardware functions.

 

You jumped in about Hauppaguge software which is not the

same subject and you didn't prove anything related to the OP!

 

 

Tom Lake wrote:

>

> "Theo" <theo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:O0pd$A0kIHA.3636@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>> Then I would say it's Hauppauge software at fault, not Windows.

>

> Yes, it is Hauppauge's fault. You said, however, that if it isn't

> Windows fault, it must be a

> hardware fault and I proved that it isn't necessarily a hardware fault.

>

> Tom Lake

>

>

Guest Colin Barnhorst

Guest Colin Barnhorst

Posted
Posted

Re: When can I use all 8gigs of my memory MS???

 

It varies among mobos and chipsets. Even when four sticks of pc6400 is

supported the limit one mobo I saw online was 7GB using 4x2GB memory and a

64bit operating system. What is working on one's own system is no measure

of what is or is not working on other's systems when it comes to this ram

issue.

 

"Theo" <theo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:O0pd$A0kIHA.3636@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

> Then I would say it's Hauppauge software at fault, not Windows.

>

> I have 4 sticks of 2GB PC6400 and I have yet to encounter any problems

> running it at full speed, DDR2-800.

>

>

> Tom Lake wrote:

>>

>> "Theo" <theo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> news:%23e0e2mxkIHA.5160@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>>

>>> Windows is not the problem, it's your hardware causing the problem!

>>

>> Not necessarily. There are examples of software that won't run

>> with more than 4 GB RAM installed even though the hardware is perfect.

>> Hauppauge's PVR software is one example.

>>

>> Tom Lake

Guest Colin Barnhorst

Guest Colin Barnhorst

Posted
Posted

Re: When can I use all 8gigs of my memory MS???

 

Yeah, you and I can't count the number of Vista-blamers for their old video

card, wireless adaptor, or sound card not having drivers.

 

"Carlos" <Carlos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:B3BE2257-43D7-4CFC-A900-7D0C89751765@microsoft.com...

> It is amazing how users point their guns to Vista so easily.

> Last week one guy at the company told me that his newest Vista laptop

> could

> not play some videos and audio files and that he was seriously thinking

> about

> going back to XP because Vista was just a piece of c.... (well, you know

> the

> word).

> I suggested him to install an audio/video decoder like ffdshow and that

> was

> it, another happy user of Vista.

> Carlos

>

> "Colin Barnhorst" wrote:

>

>> It isn't a Windows problem. It is a problem with some consumer mobos,

>> especially ones that use nVidia chipsets. If you are using pc6400 ram

>> reduce the dram speed to 667.

>> \

>> "Defjr" <Defjr@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> news:0485C04C-9B41-4915-91A5-1377B73F54E1@microsoft.com...

>> >I would like a date that MS is going to have the +4 gigs of RAM issue

>> >fixed

>> > on Vista Ultimate 64. Anyone have any info, as MS doesnt say a word? I

>> > have a

>> > sweet machine that works beautifully......................If you

>> > discount

>> > the

>> > 8g RAM bug. I have all Vista 64 Certified components, and untill I ran

>> > into

>> > this problem, there was no for-warning from MS. Its like if they ignore

>> > the

>> > problem it will just go away. IM NOT GOING AWAY BILL GATES!! FIX YOUR

>> > S@#T!!!!!

>>

Guest Charlie Russel - MVP

Guest Charlie Russel - MVP

Posted
Posted

Re: When can I use all 8gigs of my memory MS???

 

Yup. I've got one board that works just fine with 2x2gb plus 2x1gb. But put

in 4x2GB and the mobo won't boot. Really annoying, since I use that box as a

Hyper-V server.

 

--

Charlie.

http://msmvps.com/xperts64

http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel

 

 

"Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message

news:366EC560-AB0F-4EB4-9575-11A57F9D273E@microsoft.com...

> It varies among mobos and chipsets. Even when four sticks of pc6400 is

> supported the limit one mobo I saw online was 7GB using 4x2GB memory and a

> 64bit operating system. What is working on one's own system is no measure

> of what is or is not working on other's systems when it comes to this ram

> issue.

>

> "Theo" <theo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:O0pd$A0kIHA.3636@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>> Then I would say it's Hauppauge software at fault, not Windows.

>>

>> I have 4 sticks of 2GB PC6400 and I have yet to encounter any problems

>> running it at full speed, DDR2-800.

>>

>>

>> Tom Lake wrote:

>>>

>>> "Theo" <theo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>>> news:%23e0e2mxkIHA.5160@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>>>

>>>> Windows is not the problem, it's your hardware causing the problem!

>>>

>>> Not necessarily. There are examples of software that won't run

>>> with more than 4 GB RAM installed even though the hardware is perfect.

>>> Hauppauge's PVR software is one example.

>>>

>>> Tom Lake

>

Guest Charlie Russel - MVP

Guest Charlie Russel - MVP

Posted
Posted

Re: When can I use all 8gigs of my memory MS???

 

I had an interesting discussion with a tech at a major online retailer on

this. He said that several major mobos have this problem, but that upping

the voltage to the memory stabilizes them. They've seen a lot of this. So if

you have a mobo with the problem, try going into the BIOS and tweaking up

the voltage to the RAM. It won't solve it for all of them, but it does for

some.

 

--

Charlie.

http://msmvps.com/xperts64

http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel

 

 

"Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message

news:F09BD4DC-D624-4AA9-B161-0D38409A7E4C@microsoft.com...

> It isn't the amount of ram. It is the number of memory sticks. Its the

> fourth stick that is an issue with some mobos. Four sticks at 667 seems

> to work but not 800.

>

> <miso@sushi.com> wrote in message

> news:a8ce643b-2941-4fbd-b746-994870092a47@s13g2000prd.googlegroups.com...

>> On Mar 30, 3:48 pm, Defjr <De...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>>> I would like a date that MS is going to have the +4 gigs of RAM issue

>>> fixed

>>> on Vista Ultimate 64. Anyone have any info, as MS doesnt say a word? I

>>> have a

>>> sweet machine that works beautifully......................If you

>>> discount the

>>> 8g RAM bug. I have all Vista 64 Certified components, and untill I ran

>>> into

>>> this problem, there was no for-warning from MS. Its like if they ignore

>>> the

>>> problem it will just go away. IM NOT GOING AWAY BILL GATES!! FIX YOUR

>>> S@#T!!!!!

>>

>> Bios memory remap.

>>

>> This 4 and 8 G talk doesn't make much sense. If you can't do 4, you

>> can't do 8.

>

Guest Colin Barnhorst

Guest Colin Barnhorst

Posted
Posted

Re: When can I use all 8gigs of my memory MS???

 

The recommendation is one tenth of a volt. I have seen cautions not to

exceed this.

 

"Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote in message

news:611AFFFB-AE46-42F1-8751-81BEFEB43AB8@microsoft.com...

>I had an interesting discussion with a tech at a major online retailer on

>this. He said that several major mobos have this problem, but that upping

>the voltage to the memory stabilizes them. They've seen a lot of this. So

>if you have a mobo with the problem, try going into the BIOS and tweaking

>up the voltage to the RAM. It won't solve it for all of them, but it does

>for some.

>

> --

> Charlie.

> http://msmvps.com/xperts64

> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel

>

>

> "Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message

> news:F09BD4DC-D624-4AA9-B161-0D38409A7E4C@microsoft.com...

>> It isn't the amount of ram. It is the number of memory sticks. Its the

>> fourth stick that is an issue with some mobos. Four sticks at 667 seems

>> to work but not 800.

>>

>> <miso@sushi.com> wrote in message

>> news:a8ce643b-2941-4fbd-b746-994870092a47@s13g2000prd.googlegroups.com...

>>> On Mar 30, 3:48 pm, Defjr <De...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>>>> I would like a date that MS is going to have the +4 gigs of RAM issue

>>>> fixed

>>>> on Vista Ultimate 64. Anyone have any info, as MS doesnt say a word? I

>>>> have a

>>>> sweet machine that works beautifully......................If you

>>>> discount the

>>>> 8g RAM bug. I have all Vista 64 Certified components, and untill I ran

>>>> into

>>>> this problem, there was no for-warning from MS. Its like if they ignore

>>>> the

>>>> problem it will just go away. IM NOT GOING AWAY BILL GATES!! FIX YOUR

>>>> S@#T!!!!!

>>>

>>> Bios memory remap.

>>>

>>> This 4 and 8 G talk doesn't make much sense. If you can't do 4, you

>>> can't do 8.

>>

>

Guest Don

Guest Don

Posted
Posted

Re: When can I use all 8gigs of my memory MS???

 

Best thing to do, is look up the specs for the ram, at the rated speed will

be running.

 

For instance, my 4gb of Corsair Dominators PC8500, are rated to run 1066 mhz

at 2.1v, at 800 mhz they are rated to run at 1.8v.

 

I have been running 4 sticks, at the 1066 mhz speed, in my 780i MB, with no

issue. Actually, the EPP recognizes them at 2.2v, so I pretty much leave it

there since I am running 4 sticks.

The timings, for running 1066 mhz, are spec'd at 5-5-5-15-2t, for 800 mhz

more like 4-4-4-12-2t. On some motherboards, like Nvidia, you can enable sli

ready ram, and it should read the EPP and automatically set these.

If not, then you can manually go in and set the timings and voltage, per

mfg's ram spec.

 

 

 

--

Don

 

 

 

"Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message

news:1C234A62-9373-4F91-BA19-6E2DC9466965@microsoft.com...

> The recommendation is one tenth of a volt. I have seen cautions not to

> exceed this.

>

> "Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote in message

> news:611AFFFB-AE46-42F1-8751-81BEFEB43AB8@microsoft.com...

>>I had an interesting discussion with a tech at a major online retailer on

>>this. He said that several major mobos have this problem, but that upping

>>the voltage to the memory stabilizes them. They've seen a lot of this. So

>>if you have a mobo with the problem, try going into the BIOS and tweaking

>>up the voltage to the RAM. It won't solve it for all of them, but it does

>>for some.

>>

>> --

>> Charlie.

>> http://msmvps.com/xperts64

>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel

>>

>>

>> "Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message

>> news:F09BD4DC-D624-4AA9-B161-0D38409A7E4C@microsoft.com...

>>> It isn't the amount of ram. It is the number of memory sticks. Its the

>>> fourth stick that is an issue with some mobos. Four sticks at 667 seems

>>> to work but not 800.

>>>

>>> <miso@sushi.com> wrote in message

>>> news:a8ce643b-2941-4fbd-b746-994870092a47@s13g2000prd.googlegroups.com...

>>>> On Mar 30, 3:48 pm, Defjr <De...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>>>>> I would like a date that MS is going to have the +4 gigs of RAM issue

>>>>> fixed

>>>>> on Vista Ultimate 64. Anyone have any info, as MS doesnt say a word? I

>>>>> have a

>>>>> sweet machine that works beautifully......................If you

>>>>> discount the

>>>>> 8g RAM bug. I have all Vista 64 Certified components, and untill I ran

>>>>> into

>>>>> this problem, there was no for-warning from MS. Its like if they

>>>>> ignore the

>>>>> problem it will just go away. IM NOT GOING AWAY BILL GATES!! FIX YOUR

>>>>> S@#T!!!!!

>>>>

>>>> Bios memory remap.

>>>>

>>>> This 4 and 8 G talk doesn't make much sense. If you can't do 4, you

>>>> can't do 8.

>>>

>>

>

Guest Charlie Russel - MVP

Guest Charlie Russel - MVP

Posted
Posted

Re: When can I use all 8gigs of my memory MS???

 

Well, it's nothing I'm likely to tweak if I can avoid it, but I certainly

see a bunch of folks who routinely run a bit more than that, trying to

extract the last possible bit of performance out of their machine.

Personally, on my one machine that has the issue, I've just ordered a pair

of 1GB DIMMs for it, since I had 4x512's in it. It's just a Windows Home

Server box, it doesn't need more than 2GB. Actually probably OK at 1GB, but

it seemed a bit tight, so...

 

--

Charlie.

http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64

http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel

 

 

"Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message

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> The recommendation is one tenth of a volt. I have seen cautions not to

> exceed this.

>

> "Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote in message

> news:611AFFFB-AE46-42F1-8751-81BEFEB43AB8@microsoft.com...

>>I had an interesting discussion with a tech at a major online retailer on

>>this. He said that several major mobos have this problem, but that upping

>>the voltage to the memory stabilizes them. They've seen a lot of this. So

>>if you have a mobo with the problem, try going into the BIOS and tweaking

>>up the voltage to the RAM. It won't solve it for all of them, but it does

>>for some.

>>

>> --

>> Charlie.

>> http://msmvps.com/xperts64

>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel

>>

>>

>> "Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message

>> news:F09BD4DC-D624-4AA9-B161-0D38409A7E4C@microsoft.com...

>>> It isn't the amount of ram. It is the number of memory sticks. Its the

>>> fourth stick that is an issue with some mobos. Four sticks at 667 seems

>>> to work but not 800.

>>>

>>> <miso@sushi.com> wrote in message

>>> news:a8ce643b-2941-4fbd-b746-994870092a47@s13g2000prd.googlegroups.com...

>>>> On Mar 30, 3:48 pm, Defjr <De...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>>>>> I would like a date that MS is going to have the +4 gigs of RAM issue

>>>>> fixed

>>>>> on Vista Ultimate 64. Anyone have any info, as MS doesnt say a word? I

>>>>> have a

>>>>> sweet machine that works beautifully......................If you

>>>>> discount the

>>>>> 8g RAM bug. I have all Vista 64 Certified components, and untill I ran

>>>>> into

>>>>> this problem, there was no for-warning from MS. Its like if they

>>>>> ignore the

>>>>> problem it will just go away. IM NOT GOING AWAY BILL GATES!! FIX YOUR

>>>>> S@#T!!!!!

>>>>

>>>> Bios memory remap.

>>>>

>>>> This 4 and 8 G talk doesn't make much sense. If you can't do 4, you

>>>> can't do 8.

>>>

>>

>

Guest Zootal

Guest Zootal

Posted
Posted

Re: When can I use all 8gigs of my memory MS???

 

On one of my boards, I had to lower the voltage to get the memory to run

stable. In yet another, I have 1066 memory in a board that supports 1066

memory, but I have to run it at 800 because I can't figure out how to make

it stable at 1066. Go figure....

 

"Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message

news:1C234A62-9373-4F91-BA19-6E2DC9466965@microsoft.com...

> The recommendation is one tenth of a volt. I have seen cautions not to

> exceed this.

>

> "Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote in message

> news:611AFFFB-AE46-42F1-8751-81BEFEB43AB8@microsoft.com...

>>I had an interesting discussion with a tech at a major online retailer on

>>this. He said that several major mobos have this problem, but that upping

>>the voltage to the memory stabilizes them. They've seen a lot of this. So

>>if you have a mobo with the problem, try going into the BIOS and tweaking

>>up the voltage to the RAM. It won't solve it for all of them, but it does

>>for some.

>>

>> --

>> Charlie.

>> http://msmvps.com/xperts64

>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel

>>

>>

>> "Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message

>> news:F09BD4DC-D624-4AA9-B161-0D38409A7E4C@microsoft.com...

>>> It isn't the amount of ram. It is the number of memory sticks. Its the

>>> fourth stick that is an issue with some mobos. Four sticks at 667 seems

>>> to work but not 800.

>>>

>>> <miso@sushi.com> wrote in message

>>> news:a8ce643b-2941-4fbd-b746-994870092a47@s13g2000prd.googlegroups.com...

>>>> On Mar 30, 3:48 pm, Defjr <De...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>>>>> I would like a date that MS is going to have the +4 gigs of RAM issue

>>>>> fixed

>>>>> on Vista Ultimate 64. Anyone have any info, as MS doesnt say a word? I

>>>>> have a

>>>>> sweet machine that works beautifully......................If you

>>>>> discount the

>>>>> 8g RAM bug. I have all Vista 64 Certified components, and untill I ran

>>>>> into

>>>>> this problem, there was no for-warning from MS. Its like if they

>>>>> ignore the

>>>>> problem it will just go away. IM NOT GOING AWAY BILL GATES!! FIX YOUR

>>>>> S@#T!!!!!

>>>>

>>>> Bios memory remap.

>>>>

>>>> This 4 and 8 G talk doesn't make much sense. If you can't do 4, you

>>>> can't do 8.

>>>

>>

>

Guest Tony Sperling

Guest Tony Sperling

Posted
Posted

Re: When can I use all 8gigs of my memory MS???

 

Out of curiousity, I dug out the manual for my Asus M2N32-SLI - it actually

has a table of memory products that describes what brands and serial numbers

supports 800Mhz in how many slots.

 

That table is probably seriously out of date by now, but it shows how tight

the specifications my actually be. I think this is well worth to notice (and

remember!).

 

 

Tony. . .

 

 

"Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message

news:1C234A62-9373-4F91-BA19-6E2DC9466965@microsoft.com...

> The recommendation is one tenth of a volt. I have seen cautions not to

> exceed this.

>

> "Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote in message

> news:611AFFFB-AE46-42F1-8751-81BEFEB43AB8@microsoft.com...

> >I had an interesting discussion with a tech at a major online retailer on

> >this. He said that several major mobos have this problem, but that upping

> >the voltage to the memory stabilizes them. They've seen a lot of this. So

> >if you have a mobo with the problem, try going into the BIOS and tweaking

> >up the voltage to the RAM. It won't solve it for all of them, but it does

> >for some.

> >

> > --

> > Charlie.

> > http://msmvps.com/xperts64

> > http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel

> >

> >

> > "Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message

> > news:F09BD4DC-D624-4AA9-B161-0D38409A7E4C@microsoft.com...

> >> It isn't the amount of ram. It is the number of memory sticks. Its

the

> >> fourth stick that is an issue with some mobos. Four sticks at 667

seems

> >> to work but not 800.

> >>

> >> <miso@sushi.com> wrote in message

> >>

news:a8ce643b-2941-4fbd-b746-994870092a47@s13g2000prd.googlegroups.com...

> >>> On Mar 30, 3:48 pm, Defjr <De...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> >>>> I would like a date that MS is going to have the +4 gigs of RAM issue

> >>>> fixed

> >>>> on Vista Ultimate 64. Anyone have any info, as MS doesnt say a word?

I

> >>>> have a

> >>>> sweet machine that works beautifully......................If you

> >>>> discount the

> >>>> 8g RAM bug. I have all Vista 64 Certified components, and untill I

ran

> >>>> into

> >>>> this problem, there was no for-warning from MS. Its like if they

ignore

> >>>> the

> >>>> problem it will just go away. IM NOT GOING AWAY BILL GATES!! FIX YOUR

> >>>> S@#T!!!!!

> >>>

> >>> Bios memory remap.

> >>>

> >>> This 4 and 8 G talk doesn't make much sense. If you can't do 4, you

> >>> can't do 8.

> >>

> >

>

Guest Colin Barnhorst

Guest Colin Barnhorst

Posted
Posted

Re: When can I use all 8gigs of my memory MS???

 

And it corresponds to the test reports on the website. I suspect that folks

look there for the memory products that are supported but fail to notice how

much was tested. I know I didn't take that seriously enough and learned the

hard way not to assume that just finding the specs for the ram I wanted to

use did not mean that I could fill all the slots with it without taking

further steps to get it working.

 

"Tony Sperling" <tony.sperling@dbREMOVEmail.dk> wrote in message

news:eMsmhfxlIHA.4076@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

> Out of curiousity, I dug out the manual for my Asus M2N32-SLI - it

> actually

> has a table of memory products that describes what brands and serial

> numbers

> supports 800Mhz in how many slots.

>

> That table is probably seriously out of date by now, but it shows how

> tight

> the specifications my actually be. I think this is well worth to notice

> (and

> remember!).

>

>

> Tony. . .

>

>

> "Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message

> news:1C234A62-9373-4F91-BA19-6E2DC9466965@microsoft.com...

>> The recommendation is one tenth of a volt. I have seen cautions not to

>> exceed this.

>>

>> "Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote in message

>> news:611AFFFB-AE46-42F1-8751-81BEFEB43AB8@microsoft.com...

>> >I had an interesting discussion with a tech at a major online retailer

>> >on

>> >this. He said that several major mobos have this problem, but that

>> >upping

>> >the voltage to the memory stabilizes them. They've seen a lot of this.

>> >So

>> >if you have a mobo with the problem, try going into the BIOS and

>> >tweaking

>> >up the voltage to the RAM. It won't solve it for all of them, but it

>> >does

>> >for some.

>> >

>> > --

>> > Charlie.

>> > http://msmvps.com/xperts64

>> > http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel

>> >

>> >

>> > "Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message

>> > news:F09BD4DC-D624-4AA9-B161-0D38409A7E4C@microsoft.com...

>> >> It isn't the amount of ram. It is the number of memory sticks. Its

> the

>> >> fourth stick that is an issue with some mobos. Four sticks at 667

> seems

>> >> to work but not 800.

>> >>

>> >> <miso@sushi.com> wrote in message

>> >>

> news:a8ce643b-2941-4fbd-b746-994870092a47@s13g2000prd.googlegroups.com...

>> >>> On Mar 30, 3:48 pm, Defjr <De...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>> >>>> I would like a date that MS is going to have the +4 gigs of RAM

>> >>>> issue

>> >>>> fixed

>> >>>> on Vista Ultimate 64. Anyone have any info, as MS doesnt say a word?

> I

>> >>>> have a

>> >>>> sweet machine that works beautifully......................If you

>> >>>> discount the

>> >>>> 8g RAM bug. I have all Vista 64 Certified components, and untill I

> ran

>> >>>> into

>> >>>> this problem, there was no for-warning from MS. Its like if they

> ignore

>> >>>> the

>> >>>> problem it will just go away. IM NOT GOING AWAY BILL GATES!! FIX

>> >>>> YOUR

>> >>>> S@#T!!!!!

>> >>>

>> >>> Bios memory remap.

>> >>>

>> >>> This 4 and 8 G talk doesn't make much sense. If you can't do 4, you

>> >>> can't do 8.

>> >>

>> >

>>

>

>

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