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strife03

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 1:20 pm
Post subject: Vista 64 bit ultimate unable to recognize 6gb ram?
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I apologize if this is posted somewhere else, I looked around for a bit
but couldn't find the answer to my question. I figured it'd be best to
just post it before my break is over. So anyway...

I recently spent a metric but ton (technical term there =P) on a new
computer. Bought an I7 processor, 6gb ddr3 ram, and 2 xfire vid cards. I
spent the better part of last night installing all the parts and vista.
After about 4 hours of work getting everything put together and
installed I noticed it was only recognizing 4gb of the 6 of ram. I read
elsewhere that 32 bit os could only do 4gb but 64 bit could do up to
(potentially) 128 or sometime like that. Is that right? For some reason
it's not recognizing or utilizing my last two gigabytes of ram. Anyone
have any ideas on why or a fix? Here's the links on the relevant parts I
ordered:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145222
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131358
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116493


Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks for your time Smile.


EDIT: Sorry about the double post this POS mac that I'm using at work
is being stupid :(


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(Msg. 2) Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 1:20 pm
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 7:20 pm
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Nm I think I found the answer, I'll try this and if it doesnt work then
I'll repost but...Im pretty sure it should work. For anyone curious who
is an idiot like me and didnt know =P Smile here you go Smile


http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/vista-workshop,1775.html


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(Msg. 4) Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 7:20 pm
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And this article is telling us what about your problem?


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(Msg. 5) Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 7:04 am
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I have the SAME EXACT PROBLEM! I have an asus p6t and 6gb of dominator
gt's. I also have ultimate x64. BIOS says 4 gb, windows says 4gb, but
CPU-Z says 6 gb. When I run memtest 2 x 2048 and my system doesn't
freeze up even though i'm using way more than the 4gb the system
reports.

When i first installed the RAM everything said i had 6 gb then it just
randomly said i had 4gb.

It doesn't really feel like it's affecting performance but i just want
it to say 6gb everywhere, i don't know why...


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(Msg. 6) Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 9:14 pm
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Hi,

Start with the BIOS, if it says 4GB then everything else will. You may need
to flash it with an updated set of instructions, or possibly reflash it with
the existing set.

> When I run memtest 2 x 2048 and my system doesn't
> freeze up even though i'm using way more than the 4gb the system
> reports.

You (or more accurately, the OS) cannot possibly use more than what the
system BIOS sees.

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> I have the SAME EXACT PROBLEM! I have an asus p6t and 6gb of dominator
> gt's. I also have ultimate x64. BIOS says 4 gb, windows says 4gb, but
> CPU-Z says 6 gb. When I run memtest 2 x 2048 and my system doesn't
> freeze up even though i'm using way more than the 4gb the system
> reports.
>
> When i first installed the RAM everything said i had 6 gb then it just
> randomly said i had 4gb.
>
> It doesn't really feel like it's affecting performance but i just want
> it to say 6gb everywhere, i don't know why...
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