Please someone help, RAM problem, URGENT!

[Dijon]

Hi so today I got the 8GB (4x2gb RAM) (yeah on the casing it did say PC2-6400) at home I installed all of the RAM succesfullly, went in contral panel ...a problem, says 8GB installed but, 2.75 usable still?

 I check in task manager and yup, 2.75 GB is max it will go, does not make sense because it even says its an 64bit operating system? Please help this is really important.

[LukeSavenije]

everything is detected? not taken up by for example the gpu?

 

screenshot maybe?

[Dijon]

2 minutes ago, LukeSavenije said:

everything is detected? not taken up by for example the gpu?

 

screenshot maybe?

sure one sec

 

[Peskanova]

Windows 7 x32?

 

32-bit Windows has an address space of 4GB. Part of that is used by system BIOSes and graphics memory.

With a 256MB graphics card about 3.3-3.5GB of RAM can be addressed and used, assuming you have 4GB fitted.

If you fit a graphics card with 1GB of memory only about 2.6-2.8GB of the RAM would be addressable and usable.

nailed?

[Dijon]

Just now, Peskanova said:

Windows 7 x32?

 

32-bit Windows has an address space of 4GB. Part of that is used by system BIOSes and graphics memory.

With a 256MB graphics card about 3.3-3.5GB of RAM can be addressed and used, assuming you have 4GB fitted.

If you fit a graphics card with 1GB of memory only about 2.6-2.8GB of the RAM would be addressable and usable.

nope its 64bit one sec I get the screen shot

[Dijon]

1 minute ago, Dijon said:

nope its 64bit one sec I get the screen shot

 

2 minutes ago, Peskanova said:

Windows 7 x32?

 

32-bit Windows has an address space of 4GB. Part of that is used by system BIOSes and graphics memory.

With a 256MB graphics card about 3.3-3.5GB of RAM can be addressed and used, assuming you have 4GB fitted.

If you fit a graphics card with 1GB of memory only about 2.6-2.8GB of the RAM would be addressable and usable.

Here it is.

Doc1.docx

[Peskanova]

google is your friendu   
 

 

[Dijon]

1 minute ago, Peskanova said:

google is your friendu   
 

 

I will try it now

 

[Dijon]

5 minutes ago, Peskanova said:

google is your friendu   
 

 

Still does not work, I tried everything man please is there any other way? I have no money for a new PC.

[Dijon]

6 minutes ago, Peskanova said:

google is your friendu   
 

 

i did everything he asked still does not work.

[Domrockt]

is your bios up to date?

[Dijon]

Just now, Domrockt said:

is your bios up to date?

I think so how do I find out?

 

[Domrockt]

whats the product name of your mainboard? with that i can search for it.

[Peskanova]

Reseat your ram, and look this post 

https://ccm.net/forum/affich-197079-total-installed-ram-not-usable

[Dijon]

Just now, Peskanova said:

Reseat your ram, and look this post 

https://ccm.net/forum/affich-197079-total-installed-ram-not-usable

reseat? sorry I am noob what is that?

[LukeSavenije]

1 minute ago, Dijon said:

I think so how do I find out?

 

go into the bios, check what version you have and compare it to what's the most recent stable release on your motherboards website

[LukeSavenije]

Just now, Dijon said:

reseat? sorry I am noob what is that?

take them out, swap around a bit

[Dijon]

Just now, LukeSavenije said:

take them out, swap around a bit

did that a couple of times

 

[Dijon]

I will try the BIOS thing though

what key it is to get into the BIOS of a MEDION PC?

[LukeSavenije]

8 minutes ago, Dijon said:

I will try the BIOS thing though

what key it is to get into the BIOS of a MEDION PC?

don't know... it should be esc, somewhere in the f row or delete normally

[Domrockt]

Del delete Button or F2 or esc

 

Which medion PC is it? Are you from germany?

 

When in bios Make a bios Reset or load Standart Settings and reboot.

 

[Dijon]

21 minutes ago, Domrockt said:

Del delete Button or F2 or esc

 

Which medion PC is it? Are you from germany?

 

When in bios Make a bios Reset or load Standart Settings and reboot.

 

No not from Germany, I bought this PC used in the UK

[Dijon]

23 minutes ago, Domrockt said:

Del delete Button or F2 or esc

 

Which medion PC is it? Are you from germany?

 

When in bios Make a bios Reset or load Standart Settings and reboot.

 

Also the Motherboard is a, MS-7358

 

[Domrockt]

http://www.medion.com/de/service/_lightbox/treiber_details.php?did=5288

 

Here you can get the newest bios 

Unpack the file and use the autoexec.bat

 in your c drive thats what they write.

 

But alot of German Users have that Problem with that medion PC.

 

Medion is a cheap PC brand.

[Dijon]

1 minute ago, Domrockt said:

http://www.medion.com/de/service/_lightbox/treiber_details.php?did=5288

 

Here you can get the newest bios 

Unpack the file and use the autoexec.bat

 in your c drive thats what they write.

 

But alot of German Users have that Problem with that medion PC.

 

Medion is a cheap PC brand.

yeah ik, ok so my BIOS version is 1.0, released in 2007. So Im gonna download this new one