4GBs of RAM, but only Showing 3GB on vista

**Anilrgowda** · 28-Feb-2007, 07:46 AM

I have 4GBs of RAM installed on my PC, but only around 3GBs (2752MBs) shows up in the Bios when my PC is starting. Task manager only shows that I have around 3GBs too, but I have a program called "Tweak VI", and it shows that I have 4 1GB sticks of RAM installed in the hardware info portion of the program, so I am guessing that the memory is working. I am running the 32bit version of Windows Vista, and I've looked online and it seem like the OS should recognize 4GBs of RAM, but since it isn't showing up in the Bios I'm guessing that it is a hardware issue. Thanks in advance for your help. Here is my PC's specs:

Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo e6700
Motherboard: ASUS Commando
Video Card: ATI x1900 XTX
RAM: 4 1GB sticks of OCZ PC6400 for a total of 2GBs of physical memory
Hard Drives: 4 500GB Maxtor Sata2 for a total of 2TBs of space

28-Feb-2007, 07:46 AM	#1 (permalink)
Anilrgowda Administrator Posts: 18,695 Join Date: Jan 2006 Rep Power: 10 IM:	4GBs of RAM, but only Showing 3GB on vista I have 4GBs of RAM installed on my PC, but only around 3GBs (2752MBs) shows up in the Bios when my PC is starting. Task manager only shows that I have around 3GBs too, but I have a program called "Tweak VI", and it shows that I have 4 1GB sticks of RAM installed in the hardware info portion of the program, so I am guessing that the memory is working. I am running the 32bit version of Windows Vista, and I've looked online and it seem like the OS should recognize 4GBs of RAM, but since it isn't showing up in the Bios I'm guessing that it is a hardware issue. Thanks in advance for your help. Here is my PC's specs: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo e6700 Motherboard: ASUS Commando Video Card: ATI x1900 XTX RAM: 4 1GB sticks of OCZ PC6400 for a total of 2GBs of physical memory Hard Drives: 4 500GB Maxtor Sata2 for a total of 2TBs of space

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