Gigabyte GA-P35-S3 mobo - ram upgrade ??

[jalfrezi]

right not voerly techincal but ive got a Gigabyte GA-P35-S3 with 2 slot with 1gb in each

ive got another 2 gig - 667mmz (in another slot)

so stay with me  - my vista system is showing me 3 gig - when it should be 4 gig

the question is how can i sort this ?

and does my mobo support 2gb ram (1 stick) ??

Cheers in advance for answering my stupid questions


Cheers
Russ

[Pottypete]

Hi,
Any 32bit o/s will only see 3.4 gigs,
64 bits o/s will see 128gig
regards

[jalfrezi]

ok cheers for that im running 32 bit

cheers for clearing that up, but when i clip the one 2 gig ram in and remove the others it still shows up as 1gig and not 2 gig

my mobo supports it is it there but just isnt showing correctly ??

[Pottypete]

Hi
Try running CPU ID from http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php and see how much memory it recognizes in the system,
that looks at the BIOS & not vista settings show the correct amount of memory installed. This seems to be a memory problem within Vista.
You could try, hitting F2 until the bios screen appears.you should now see that the bios recognizes the 2 gig stick,
Hit f10 to save and exit, You should now see 2 gig is activated.
Regards

[jalfrezi]

Tidy PP

CUPID pciked the 4gig up no problem

my bios 647 - 3040 or something along those lines its been a few mins already forgot the numbers lol

cheers for the peace of mind experience