Computer Memory question

[Justin]

I just added two sticks of 1 gig memory to the two sticks of 1 gig I already had, making a total of 4 gigs. All four sticks are PC3200.

When I am in the BIOS all four sticks regester for a total of 4096 mb.

During POST the display only shows 29xx something or the other (Note, not even the total of 3072 i could expect. When windows loads I see 29xx as well.

I have an ASRock :: angry :: mother board, a 64 bit AMD 4400 dual core chip and windows 7 64bit professional edition.

I have the latest BIOS update as well.



Anyone have any suggestions?

 

[GrimJack]

Look through the BIOS for a setting that allows you to use more than 3.2G of RAM.

 

[Mondo]

All 4 sticks EXACTLEY the same? Same manufacturer, same speeds, etc. Some rare cases that can be an issue.

Try taking the two old sticks and put the new two in, just to make sure one isn't "iffy"

 

[closetnerd]

all 4 sticks exactley the same? Same manufacturer, same speeds, etc. Some rare cases that can be an issue.

Try taking the two old sticks and put the new two in, just to make sure one isn't "iffy"

memtest

 

[Justin]

Look through the BIOS for a setting that allows you to use more than 3.2G of RAM.

I have looked through every memory option available. No Limitations found....

memtest

I'm sorry?

All 4 sticks EXACTLEY the same? Same manufacturer, same speeds, etc. Some rare cases that can be an issue.

Try taking the two old sticks and put the new two in, just to make sure one isn't "iffy"

No, two sticks of OCZ and two sticks of Corsair. the two sticks of each are exactly the same, they were purchased as a set (dual channel)

Both sticks work perfectly individually.

 

[foreverpsycotic]

Does 2 OCZ and 1 corsair come up as 3gb in windows? 2 corsair and 1 ocz?

and I believe he is talking about a program such as this: http://www.memtest86.com/

 

[Mondo]

http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/

 

[Drake69]

http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/

Yup, ultimate boot cd ftw.

 

[GrimJack]

If it's not showing in the BIOS at startup, nothing software based is going to work. Check for limitations on your board from the manufacturer. If there is no BIOS setting for it, you may simply be out of luck.

 

[Mondo]

If it's not showing in the BIOS at startup, nothing software based is going to work. Check for limitations on your board from the manufacturer. If there is no BIOS setting for it, you may simply be out of luck.

OP shows that BIOS registers the 4GB

 

[Justin]

If it's not showing in the BIOS at startup, nothing software based is going to work. Check for limitations on your board from the manufacturer. If there is no BIOS setting for it, you may simply be out of luck.

OP shows that BIOS registers the 4GB

- Max. capacity of system memory: 4GB*

^^ Directly from the MB's website.

I'll try the memtest in a few days, whenever I get around to it.

I swapped the memory position last night and nothing changed.

 

[GrimJack]

POST is still before any software is loaded. If it's not showing in POST, it's the same deal... must be a jumper, BIOS setting, or something similar.