Re: RAM in A8N-SLI 4GB shows 3GB
- From: Odie Ferrous <odie_ferrous@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 17:14:19 +0100
mogur2 wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I have just installed 2 more 1GB DIMMs (Kingston) into my system. Boot shows 4 GB, but
> Cool Beans, Sandra Lite, & Belarc show only 3GB
>
> Belarc report;
> 3072 Megabytes Installed Memory
>
> Slot 'A0' has 1024 MB
> Slot 'A1' has 1024 MB
> Slot 'A2' has 1024 MB
> Slot 'A3' has 1024 MB
>
> Did I waste money on the extra 2 1GB DIMMS. Why does XP Pro only show 3GB?
>
> Thanks;
You need to install single-sided modules into the last two slots.
The design of the soutbridge chipset steals some of the memory, but the
rest is down to an issue with Windows XP not liking more than 3 GB.
You could try XP 64-bit or, I have heard, Server 2003 does a pretty good
job. I'm trying that out tomorrow. (Better driver support with 2003
than XP 64 otherwise I would choose the latter.)
I've been through the same problem the last week - having to get a
server board with dual CPUs, but then I need 8GB of memory and possibly
a lot more.
Odie
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