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From: Tom on 28 Dec 2009 07:26 There wouldn't be a problem with your RAM being reported properly. I just want to know the trick to getting it to run Windows 7 on just 6megs of RAM *-). "Arie Broekhuizen" <arie.broekhuizen(a)live.nl> wrote in message news:EA0DEAEA-8DA7-4FDD-9054-A14C7425561C(a)microsoft.com... > I have a Dell Studio XPS 435MT from September 2009 and Windows 7 (64 Bits) > installed. > The latest available BIOS is installed (Version 1.1.3) > This computer reports 6 Mb memory from the installed 6 Mb memory. > So what's the problem ?? > > Arie.B > > "infamous_otter" <infamous_otter.435anb(a)DoNotSpam.com> schreef in bericht > news:infamous_otter.435anb(a)DoNotSpam.com... >> >> haha, gues what this is a known issue by microsoft and a very common >> issue with windows 7. I am having the same issue, upgrade from vista >> (wich read all 6 gigs of my ram) to win 7 64bit wich sees all 6 gigs but >> but only considers 3.5 gigs usuable. Yup thats right Windows 7 64 Bit >> sometimes just cant get past that 3.5 gig memory limit. >> >> After spending a week dealing with microsoft tech support on the phone >> they considerd this issue unresolved and claim the are currently working >> on an update to fix it. >> >> according to the tech guy from microsoft, it is an issue with the bios >> and the motherboard. all of you that are having this problem, it is >> becuase something in windows 7 does not fully support either your mother >> board or your bios or both. The memory mapping will do you no good. * >> Unless you go out and buy the most latest motherboard, processor and >> ram, you are going to continue to have this issue.* <-- Directly from >> microsoft tech support. >> >> To the guy that posted this "It also depends on exactly which version >> of the board you have. There >> are 3 editions of the PT880 Pro-A7 and the specs for 2 of them is only >> 2GB of RAM is supported. Now, even though they say only 2GB is >> supported you may realize a bit more than that but not all 4GB. Dell >> says my 1501 laptop only supports 2GB. With 4GB in the laptop Dell has >> it configured so that Win 7 only sees 2.25GB." >> >> Gues what? They lied to you. Their hardware is not fully compatible >> with windows 7. That is why it only sees 2.25 gb. >> >> So... since I have installed windows 7 64 bit, I have lost over half of >> my ram (3.5gigs Unusable), I have lost the ability to print on any of >> the 20 printers at my home and office (there are as of yet no drivers >> for windows 7 64 bit on most printers), oh yeah, and the latest windows >> update killed microsoft office. >> >> Check out this screen shot of windows 7 64bit not passing the 3.5 gig >> memory limit http://www.rustycage.net/sysinfo.jpg >> >> EPIC FAIL!!! >> >> *I want my money back.* >> >> >> -- >> infamous_otter >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> infamous_otter's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/163605.htm >> View this thread: >> http://forums.techarena.in/windows-x64-edition/1268043.htm >> >> http://forums.techarena.in >>
From: mikeyhsd on 28 Dec 2009 08:10 mine runs just GREAT on 4g of ram. mikeyhsd(a)hotmail.com "Tom" <noway(a)nothere.com> wrote in message news:ePnY3j7hKHA.2188(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... There wouldn't be a problem with your RAM being reported properly. I just want to know the trick to getting it to run Windows 7 on just 6megs of RAM *-). "Arie Broekhuizen" <arie.broekhuizen(a)live.nl> wrote in message news:EA0DEAEA-8DA7-4FDD-9054-A14C7425561C(a)microsoft.com... > I have a Dell Studio XPS 435MT from September 2009 and Windows 7 (64 Bits) > installed. > The latest available BIOS is installed (Version 1.1.3) > This computer reports 6 Mb memory from the installed 6 Mb memory. > So what's the problem ?? > > Arie.B > > "infamous_otter" <infamous_otter.435anb(a)DoNotSpam.com> schreef in bericht > news:infamous_otter.435anb(a)DoNotSpam.com... >> >> haha, gues what this is a known issue by microsoft and a very common >> issue with windows 7. I am having the same issue, upgrade from vista >> (wich read all 6 gigs of my ram) to win 7 64bit wich sees all 6 gigs but >> but only considers 3.5 gigs usuable. Yup thats right Windows 7 64 Bit >> sometimes just cant get past that 3.5 gig memory limit. >> >> After spending a week dealing with microsoft tech support on the phone >> they considerd this issue unresolved and claim the are currently working >> on an update to fix it. >> >> according to the tech guy from microsoft, it is an issue with the bios >> and the motherboard. all of you that are having this problem, it is >> becuase something in windows 7 does not fully support either your mother >> board or your bios or both. The memory mapping will do you no good. * >> Unless you go out and buy the most latest motherboard, processor and >> ram, you are going to continue to have this issue.* <-- Directly from >> microsoft tech support. >> >> To the guy that posted this "It also depends on exactly which version >> of the board you have. There >> are 3 editions of the PT880 Pro-A7 and the specs for 2 of them is only >> 2GB of RAM is supported. Now, even though they say only 2GB is >> supported you may realize a bit more than that but not all 4GB. Dell >> says my 1501 laptop only supports 2GB. With 4GB in the laptop Dell has >> it configured so that Win 7 only sees 2.25GB." >> >> Gues what? They lied to you. Their hardware is not fully compatible >> with windows 7. That is why it only sees 2.25 gb. >> >> So... since I have installed windows 7 64 bit, I have lost over half of >> my ram (3.5gigs Unusable), I have lost the ability to print on any of >> the 20 printers at my home and office (there are as of yet no drivers >> for windows 7 64 bit on most printers), oh yeah, and the latest windows >> update killed microsoft office. >> >> Check out this screen shot of windows 7 64bit not passing the 3.5 gig >> memory limit http://www.rustycage.net/sysinfo.jpg >> >> EPIC FAIL!!! >> >> *I want my money back.* >> >> >> -- >> infamous_otter >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> infamous_otter's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/163605.htm >> View this thread: >> http://forums.techarena.in/windows-x64-edition/1268043.htm >> >> http://forums.techarena.in >>
From: omicronpersey on 29 Dec 2009 01:32 Bob Costello;4680658 Wrote: > Upgraded to Windows7 64 bit from Vista 32 bit. Added RAM to 5GB > (reason > I upgraded to 64 bit was to get around the 3GB 32 bit limitation.) Now > system shows 5GB but only 3.3GB available for use. Task manager shows > 5.12GB installed, 3.326GB available or cached and 1.794GB "hardware > reserved"(?). Is this 1.794 not available for software? If not, how > to > make it available for software? > > I really wanted the performance improvement of 64 bit and increased > RAM. > How do I get Windows7 64 bit to utilize the full 5 GB? > > System is HP running 64 capable 2.13 hz dual core Intel. I had such problem: Windows7 64 bit showed what 4Gb RAM installed but 3Gb usadge. Bios showed all 4Gb of RAM. The next solution treats this problem: 1. If BIOS does't show all installed memory then enable MEMORY REMAP function. 2. If BIOS show all installed memory then check a) MSCONFIG.EXE-->Boot-->Advanced options: disable checkbox maximum memory (if checkbox disable yet then enable it, reboot system and after that disable again (i know what it looks like "magic" but it work!) b) Reboot computer and upgrade performance raiting. PS: Sorry for my English and best wishes from Russia. -- omicronpersey ------------------------------------------------------------------------ omicronpersey's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/168523.htm View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/windows-x64-edition/1268043.htm http://forums.techarena.in
From: Jerry on 29 Dec 2009 16:43 I have Win7 64-bit and 8Gb of RAM installed; Win7 sees it all just fine. "Arie Broekhuizen" <arie.broekhuizen(a)live.nl> wrote in message news:EA0DEAEA-8DA7-4FDD-9054-A14C7425561C(a)microsoft.com... >I have a Dell Studio XPS 435MT from September 2009 and Windows 7 (64 Bits) >installed. > The latest available BIOS is installed (Version 1.1.3) > This computer reports 6 Mb memory from the installed 6 Mb memory. > So what's the problem ?? > > Arie.B > > "infamous_otter" <infamous_otter.435anb(a)DoNotSpam.com> schreef in bericht > news:infamous_otter.435anb(a)DoNotSpam.com... >> >> haha, gues what this is a known issue by microsoft and a very common >> issue with windows 7. I am having the same issue, upgrade from vista >> (wich read all 6 gigs of my ram) to win 7 64bit wich sees all 6 gigs but >> but only considers 3.5 gigs usuable. Yup thats right Windows 7 64 Bit >> sometimes just cant get past that 3.5 gig memory limit. >> >> After spending a week dealing with microsoft tech support on the phone >> they considerd this issue unresolved and claim the are currently working >> on an update to fix it. >> >> according to the tech guy from microsoft, it is an issue with the bios >> and the motherboard. all of you that are having this problem, it is >> becuase something in windows 7 does not fully support either your mother >> board or your bios or both. The memory mapping will do you no good. * >> Unless you go out and buy the most latest motherboard, processor and >> ram, you are going to continue to have this issue.* <-- Directly from >> microsoft tech support. >> >> To the guy that posted this "It also depends on exactly which version >> of the board you have. There >> are 3 editions of the PT880 Pro-A7 and the specs for 2 of them is only >> 2GB of RAM is supported. Now, even though they say only 2GB is >> supported you may realize a bit more than that but not all 4GB. Dell >> says my 1501 laptop only supports 2GB. With 4GB in the laptop Dell has >> it configured so that Win 7 only sees 2.25GB." >> >> Gues what? They lied to you. Their hardware is not fully compatible >> with windows 7. That is why it only sees 2.25 gb. >> >> So... since I have installed windows 7 64 bit, I have lost over half of >> my ram (3.5gigs Unusable), I have lost the ability to print on any of >> the 20 printers at my home and office (there are as of yet no drivers >> for windows 7 64 bit on most printers), oh yeah, and the latest windows >> update killed microsoft office. >> >> Check out this screen shot of windows 7 64bit not passing the 3.5 gig >> memory limit http://www.rustycage.net/sysinfo.jpg >> >> EPIC FAIL!!! >> >> *I want my money back.* >> >> >> -- >> infamous_otter >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> infamous_otter's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/163605.htm >> View this thread: >> http://forums.techarena.in/windows-x64-edition/1268043.htm >> >> http://forums.techarena.in >>
From: pat666 on 6 Jan 2010 06:58
omicronpersey;4746071 Wrote: > I had such problem: Windows7 64 bit showed what 4Gb RAM installed but > 3Gb usadge. Bios showed all 4Gb of RAM. The next solution treats this > problem: > 1. If BIOS does't show all installed memory then enable MEMORY REMAP > function. > 2. If BIOS show all installed memory then check > a) MSCONFIG.EXE-->Boot-->Advanced options: disable checkbox maximum > memory (if checkbox disable yet then enable it, reboot system and > after > that disable again (i know what it looks like "magic" but it > work!) > b) Reboot computer and upgrade performance raiting. > > PS: Sorry for my English and best wishes from Russia. Yeah - this works!! I went from 2 to 5.1GB RAM usable (out of 6GB).... the no. of cores checkbox should also be unticked... -- pat666 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ pat666's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/170689.htm View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/windows-x64-edition/1268043.htm http://forums.techarena.in |