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

Gigabyte GA-P35-S3 mobo - ram upgrade ??
« on: August 26, 2009, 05:21:22 pm »
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

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Re: Gigabyte GA-P35-S3 mobo - ram upgrade ??
« Reply #1 on: August 26, 2009, 06:29:52 pm »
Hi,
Any 32bit o/s will only see 3.4 gigs,
64 bits o/s will see 128gig
regards

Re: Gigabyte GA-P35-S3 mobo - ram upgrade ??
« Reply #2 on: August 26, 2009, 08:18:01 pm »
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

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Re: Gigabyte GA-P35-S3 mobo - ram upgrade ??
« Reply #3 on: August 27, 2009, 09:19:46 am »
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, ;D
Hit f10 to save and exit, You should now see 2 gig is activated.
Regards

Re: Gigabyte GA-P35-S3 mobo - ram upgrade ??
« Reply #4 on: August 27, 2009, 01:24:31 pm »
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