vista x64 & 4 gig of ram

[Guest karakazan]

I just upgraded my ram from 2 gig to 4 gig on an Acer 5680 laptop Vista

ultimate x 64,As far as i know vista 64 should unleash the 4 gig of ram but

what i see is installed memory 3gig ,total physical memory 3gig, how can i

unleash the 4 gig?

[Guest Charlie Russel - MVP]

Re: vista x64 & 4 gig of ram

 

In order to gain access to the RAM that is otherwise hidden by the

addressing for built in things like video, etc., you need to make a change

to your BIOS. Everyone version of BIOS seems to call it something slightly

different, and there are some that don't have the capability for it. But

look for "remap" or "memory hole" or something similar and enable the

remapping.

 

This will then require a full, hard, reboot.

 

--

Charlie.

http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64

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

 

 

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

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>I just upgraded my ram from 2 gig to 4 gig on an Acer 5680 laptop Vista

> ultimate x 64,As far as i know vista 64 should unleash the 4 gig of ram

> but

> what i see is installed memory 3gig ,total physical memory 3gig, how can i

> unleash the 4 gig?

[Guest Tony Sperling]

Re: vista x64 & 4 gig of ram

 

Not to bicker, but exiting BIOS Setup executes a Cold-Boot by default - and

I don't even think you can circumvent that in any way!

 

 

Tony. . .

 

 

 

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

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> In order to gain access to the RAM that is otherwise hidden by the

> addressing for built in things like video, etc., you need to make a change

> to your BIOS. Everyone version of BIOS seems to call it something slightly

> different, and there are some that don't have the capability for it. But

> look for "remap" or "memory hole" or something similar and enable the

> remapping.

>

> This will then require a full, hard, reboot.

>

> --

> Charlie.

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

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

>

>

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

> news:24573910-6A90-493D-B4C0-4CDF12A37627@microsoft.com...

> >I just upgraded my ram from 2 gig to 4 gig on an Acer 5680 laptop Vista

> > ultimate x 64,As far as i know vista 64 should unleash the 4 gig of ram

> > but

> > what i see is installed memory 3gig ,total physical memory 3gig, how can

i

> > unleash the 4 gig?

>

[Guest Zootal]

Re: vista x64 & 4 gig of ram

 

In most bios setups, you can circumvent it by discarding changes as you exit

:-)

 

 

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

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> Not to bicker, but exiting BIOS Setup executes a Cold-Boot by default -

> and

> I don't even think you can circumvent that in any way!

>

>

> Tony. . .

>

>

>

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

> news:3C9BE828-471E-4D11-8091-18FBC01D4AB3@microsoft.com...

>> In order to gain access to the RAM that is otherwise hidden by the

>> addressing for built in things like video, etc., you need to make a

>> change

>> to your BIOS. Everyone version of BIOS seems to call it something

>> slightly

>> different, and there are some that don't have the capability for it. But

>> look for "remap" or "memory hole" or something similar and enable the

>> remapping.

>>

>> This will then require a full, hard, reboot.

>>

>> --

>> Charlie.

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

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

>>

>>

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

>> news:24573910-6A90-493D-B4C0-4CDF12A37627@microsoft.com...

>> >I just upgraded my ram from 2 gig to 4 gig on an Acer 5680 laptop Vista

>> > ultimate x 64,As far as i know vista 64 should unleash the 4 gig of ram

>> > but

>> > what i see is installed memory 3gig ,total physical memory 3gig, how

>> > can

> i

>> > unleash the 4 gig?

>>

>

>

[Guest Tony Sperling]

Re: vista x64 & 4 gig of ram

 

O.K. - that I didn't know. Thanks, got to check it out!

 

 

Tony. . .

 

 

"Zootal" <msnews@zootal.nospam.com> wrote in message

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> In most bios setups, you can circumvent it by discarding changes as you

exit

> :-)

>

>

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

> news:uhtTPRMuIHA.1768@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

> > Not to bicker, but exiting BIOS Setup executes a Cold-Boot by default -

> > and

> > I don't even think you can circumvent that in any way!

> >

> >

> > Tony. . .

> >

> >

> >

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

message

> > news:3C9BE828-471E-4D11-8091-18FBC01D4AB3@microsoft.com...

> >> In order to gain access to the RAM that is otherwise hidden by the

> >> addressing for built in things like video, etc., you need to make a

> >> change

> >> to your BIOS. Everyone version of BIOS seems to call it something

> >> slightly

> >> different, and there are some that don't have the capability for it.

But

> >> look for "remap" or "memory hole" or something similar and enable the

> >> remapping.

> >>

> >> This will then require a full, hard, reboot.

> >>

> >> --

> >> Charlie.

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

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

> >>

> >>

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

> >> news:24573910-6A90-493D-B4C0-4CDF12A37627@microsoft.com...

> >> >I just upgraded my ram from 2 gig to 4 gig on an Acer 5680 laptop

Vista

> >> > ultimate x 64,As far as i know vista 64 should unleash the 4 gig of

ram

> >> > but

> >> > what i see is installed memory 3gig ,total physical memory 3gig, how

> >> > can

> > i

> >> > unleash the 4 gig?

> >>

> >

> >

>

>

[Guest Charlie Russel - MVP]

Re: vista x64 & 4 gig of ram

 

Also, just to be clear - there are some BIOSs that will make a change and

then continue on. They're relatively less common, and the typical AMI BIOS

will never do that. But I have seen them.

 

--

Charlie.

http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64

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

 

 

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

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> O.K. - that I didn't know. Thanks, got to check it out!

>

>

> Tony. . .

>

>

> "Zootal" <msnews@zootal.nospam.com> wrote in message

> news:%23iWmNMQuIHA.4952@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>> In most bios setups, you can circumvent it by discarding changes as you

> exit

>> :-)

>>

>>

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

>> news:uhtTPRMuIHA.1768@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>> > Not to bicker, but exiting BIOS Setup executes a Cold-Boot by default -

>> > and

>> > I don't even think you can circumvent that in any way!

>> >

>> >

>> > Tony. . .

>> >

>> >

>> >

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

> message

>> > news:3C9BE828-471E-4D11-8091-18FBC01D4AB3@microsoft.com...

>> >> In order to gain access to the RAM that is otherwise hidden by the

>> >> addressing for built in things like video, etc., you need to make a

>> >> change

>> >> to your BIOS. Everyone version of BIOS seems to call it something

>> >> slightly

>> >> different, and there are some that don't have the capability for it.

> But

>> >> look for "remap" or "memory hole" or something similar and enable the

>> >> remapping.

>> >>

>> >> This will then require a full, hard, reboot.

>> >>

>> >> --

>> >> Charlie.

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

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

>> >>

>> >>

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

>> >> news:24573910-6A90-493D-B4C0-4CDF12A37627@microsoft.com...

>> >> >I just upgraded my ram from 2 gig to 4 gig on an Acer 5680 laptop

> Vista

>> >> > ultimate x 64,As far as i know vista 64 should unleash the 4 gig of

> ram

>> >> > but

>> >> > what i see is installed memory 3gig ,total physical memory 3gig, how

>> >> > can

>> > i

>> >> > unleash the 4 gig?

>> >>

>> >

>> >

>>

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