My system has Nvidia Nforce XFX 650i Ultra mother board installed with 4GB Memory 800Mhz (1GBx4Nos). Bios shows the full 4GB Memory but in Windows Xp Proff 32Bit it shows only 2GB. what should be the issue.
2007-10-18 19:37:07 · 9 answers · asked by kaushik s 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
It's probably because you have two graphics cards with 768 MiB Ram on them.
The graphics memory is accessed by being assigned the memory just below the 4 GiB barrier, thus taking up much of your high memory.
A lot of newer motherboards can reassign the RAM that's in your computer so that the RAM is above the 4 GiB barrier thereby leaving room for the memory hole that the graphics cards leave but that'll only work for 64 bit OS's.
Although even if you didn't have those two top of the range graphics cards (which I wouldn't mind) you'd still not get any real benefit from exceeding 3 GiB with a 32 bit OS (though despite what some idiots are saying you can see more than 3 GiB if you don't have as many memory holes due to your ultra-expensive graphics cards).
2007-10-18 20:25:29 · answer #1 · answered by bestonnet_00 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If you put 8GB of RAM in, it'll show only 3GB. It is a limitation of XP 32 bit, says so on their site. It is not your problem, but a problem all users using a similar RAM configuration will have. It is not existent with XP 64bit or any of the Vista OSs. You'll need to use a different OS to utilise that other memory. Do a search on "3GB limit on XP 32bit". You'll see it is rather common...
2007-10-18 23:48:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Limitation of 32 bit OSs, and its a limitation of all of them, including 32 bit Vista. You need to get a 64 bit OS if you want this problem corrected.
2007-10-19 14:11:58 · answer #3 · answered by mysticman44 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the problem is in the OS. 32-Bit Windows can't read 4GB or more of RAM.
2007-10-21 06:38:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It has been found that we get Ram less than the printed (manufacturing Deffect/ If in warranty, Replace it)
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Not Sure - window reserve some part of our ram for its critical purposes
Like 128 MB shows 96 MB
1024 MB shows 960 MB
2007-10-18 19:42:36 · answer #5 · answered by RP 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
for a 32bit system, it should reflect around 3.3 or so...
let me guess...
you are using integrated video that eats up to 128mb
your motherboard supports only up to 3gb of memory
2007-10-18 19:47:24 · answer #6 · answered by benj 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It sounds like one of your memory failed is missing or you have the wrong type installed. Open it up, make sure it's all there and confirm they are all the right ones for your system.
2007-10-18 19:46:29 · answer #7 · answered by Jack Shephard 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Search Microsoft site. There is some key that reserves 2GB for programs and the rest for the system.
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb613473.aspx
2007-10-18 19:55:12 · answer #8 · answered by Aleks 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
may be your sistem is sharing video memory with ram memory ,check it out in bios screen, you can reduce or increase amount of video memory in this bios feature
2007-10-18 19:47:56 · answer #9 · answered by erick a 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋