RAM problem

[tedjani]

so my friends computer have 4GB of ram but the windows says 2.87 GB usable

yes he have 64bit windows 7 ultimate

 

[EvilLemur]

that could be many problems, what motherboard? memory kind? one stick? two? three? four? remove some variables so we can help.

[tedjani]

ok so it's says the motherboard is this http://www.jetway.com.tw/jw/motherboard_view.asp?productid=862&proname=TI41M

the ram i never heard of i can't even find the name but it says it's 1333 MHZ

there is two sticks

[tedjani]

that could be many problems, what motherboard? memory kind? one stick? two? three? four? remove some variables so we can help.

ok so it's says the motherboard is this http://www.jetway.co...2&proname=TI41M

the ram i never heard of i can't even find the name but it says it's 1333 MHZ

there is two sticks

[EvilLemur]

ok i see you should remove one stick start up the pc see how much it registers, shut down remove memory put in next stick try again. if it registers 2gb each time put both memory sticks see what it picks up it could be its not reading one of the sticks as 2gb.

[Vitalius]

so my friends computer have 4GB of ram but the windows says 2.87 GB usable

yes he have 64bit windows 7 ultimate

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Go into the BIOS. Look at the dedicated GPU ram. It's probably allocating 1GB or so for the integrated GPU. You can change it from Auto to whatever you feel fine with not having. Like 128MB.

[tedjani]

 

 

 

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Go into the BIOS. Look at the dedicated GPU ram. It's probably allocating 1GB or so for the integrated GPU. You can change it from Auto to whatever you feel fine with not having. Like 128MB.

 

 

ok i see you should remove one stick start up the pc see how much it registers, shut down remove memory put in next stick try again. if it registers 2gb each time put both memory sticks see what it picks up it could be its not reading one of the sticks as 2gb.

ok i found the problem it from windows i tried to boot up from linux and all 4 GB was working find so thank you guys

[EvilLemur]

Go into the BIOS. Look at the dedicated GPU ram. It's probably allocating 1GB or so for the integrated GPU. You can change it from Auto to whatever you feel fine with not having. Like 128MB.

 

good one, im so used to having dynamically allocated memory it that does not count against available resources.

ok i found the problem it from windows i tried to boot up from linux and all 4 GB was working find so thank you guys

 

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