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From: Dan on 15 Dec 2007 12:23 On Dec 14, 5:16 pm, Dan <Danodem...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Dec 14, 4:35 pm, m...(a)sushi.com wrote: > > > > > On Dec 14, 4:42 am, Dan <Danodem...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Windows XP Professional x64 and 4GB RAM? > > > Alright, So with all the development and what not that I do, I decided > > > to upgrade my system to 4GB of RAM. Also, due to software > > > incompatibilities with Vista, I decided the my only real choice was > > > Windows XP Professional x64 for my OS. I ran through the entire > > > install, got all my drivers, everything seemed to be going well. I got > > > my RAM today in the mail, slapped it in, checked the BIOS, and > > > everything looked good. However, once I got into Windows, it only > > > shows that I have 3GB available:http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h33/danodemano/Spec.jpg > > > > I checked with CPUZ to make sure that it was seeing the full 4GB and > > > it was:http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h33/danodemano/CPUZ_RAM.jpg > > > > Now correct me if I'm wrong, but I had always thought that XP 64-bit > > > supported something like 128GB of RAM....so why is my system not > > > seeing the full 4GB???? Is there some option that I have to enable to > > > allow Windows to use the full 4GB??? > > > > Any help would be appreciated, thanks!! > > > On my mobo, you need to get into the bios, enter control+F1, which > > adds more features to tweak. Then find "memory remap." > > Interesting....I will try that and let you know how it turns out. I > have an HP laptop though so I don't know how much I can do with the > BIOS. > This is my motherboard info if that helps:http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h33/danodemano/Motherboard.jpg No luck.....I can't seem to get into any of the hidded options of the BIOS. It's propably something that HP has done to keep me from doing it, I'm sure..... Grrr....guess I'm just out of luck at this point, unless someones has any ideas???
From: Colin Barnhorst on 15 Dec 2007 12:58 What did HP tell you when you asked a support person? "Dan" <Danodemano(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:7a663206-fca0-48e0-9240-d0c53ed79f66(a)w56g2000hsf.googlegroups.com... > On Dec 14, 5:16 pm, Dan <Danodem...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> On Dec 14, 4:35 pm, m...(a)sushi.com wrote: >> >> >> >> > On Dec 14, 4:42 am, Dan <Danodem...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > > Windows XP Professional x64 and 4GB RAM? >> > > Alright, So with all the development and what not that I do, I >> > > decided >> > > to upgrade my system to 4GB of RAM. Also, due to software >> > > incompatibilities with Vista, I decided the my only real choice was >> > > Windows XP Professional x64 for my OS. I ran through the entire >> > > install, got all my drivers, everything seemed to be going well. I >> > > got >> > > my RAM today in the mail, slapped it in, checked the BIOS, and >> > > everything looked good. However, once I got into Windows, it only >> > > shows that I have 3GB >> > > available:http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h33/danodemano/Spec.jpg >> >> > > I checked with CPUZ to make sure that it was seeing the full 4GB and >> > > it was:http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h33/danodemano/CPUZ_RAM.jpg >> >> > > Now correct me if I'm wrong, but I had always thought that XP 64-bit >> > > supported something like 128GB of RAM....so why is my system not >> > > seeing the full 4GB???? Is there some option that I have to enable to >> > > allow Windows to use the full 4GB??? >> >> > > Any help would be appreciated, thanks!! >> >> > On my mobo, you need to get into the bios, enter control+F1, which >> > adds more features to tweak. Then find "memory remap." >> >> Interesting....I will try that and let you know how it turns out. I >> have an HP laptop though so I don't know how much I can do with the >> BIOS. >> This is my motherboard info if that >> helps:http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h33/danodemano/Motherboard.jpg > > No luck.....I can't seem to get into any of the hidded options of the > BIOS. It's propably something that HP has done to keep me from doing > it, I'm sure..... > Grrr....guess I'm just out of luck at this point, unless someones has > any ideas???
From: Dan on 15 Dec 2007 17:28 On Dec 15, 12:58 pm, "Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarha...(a)msn.com> wrote: > What did HP tell you when you asked a support person? > > "Dan" <Danodem...(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > > news:7a663206-fca0-48e0-9240-d0c53ed79f66(a)w56g2000hsf.googlegroups.com... > > > On Dec 14, 5:16 pm, Dan <Danodem...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Dec 14, 4:35 pm, m...(a)sushi.com wrote: > > >> > On Dec 14, 4:42 am, Dan <Danodem...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > >> > > Windows XP Professional x64 and 4GB RAM? > >> > > Alright, So with all the development and what not that I do, I > >> > > decided > >> > > to upgrade my system to 4GB of RAM. Also, due to software > >> > > incompatibilities with Vista, I decided the my only real choice was > >> > > Windows XP Professional x64 for my OS. I ran through the entire > >> > > install, got all my drivers, everything seemed to be going well. I > >> > > got > >> > > my RAM today in the mail, slapped it in, checked the BIOS, and > >> > > everything looked good. However, once I got into Windows, it only > >> > > shows that I have 3GB > >> > > available:http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h33/danodemano/Spec.jpg > > >> > > I checked with CPUZ to make sure that it was seeing the full 4GB and > >> > > it was:http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h33/danodemano/CPUZ_RAM.jpg > > >> > > Now correct me if I'm wrong, but I had always thought that XP 64-bit > >> > > supported something like 128GB of RAM....so why is my system not > >> > > seeing the full 4GB???? Is there some option that I have to enable to > >> > > allow Windows to use the full 4GB??? > > >> > > Any help would be appreciated, thanks!! > > >> > On my mobo, you need to get into the bios, enter control+F1, which > >> > adds more features to tweak. Then find "memory remap." > > >> Interesting....I will try that and let you know how it turns out. I > >> have an HP laptop though so I don't know how much I can do with the > >> BIOS. > >> This is my motherboard info if that > >> helps:http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h33/danodemano/Motherboard.jpg > > > No luck.....I can't seem to get into any of the hidded options of the > > BIOS. It's propably something that HP has done to keep me from doing > > it, I'm sure..... > > Grrr....guess I'm just out of luck at this point, unless someones has > > any ideas??? They said that it doesn't support 4GB of RAM and that there was nothing that they could do....the typical BS answer I'm sure.
From: Colin Barnhorst on 15 Dec 2007 17:57 It's not BS. I have a box with a mobo that refuses to support 4GB ram under Windows x64. It does support 4GB under 32-bit Windows but not 64-bit. It does happen. It is a design flaw and would take a different mobo to fix. "Dan" <Danodemano(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:d0136760-5499-44ce-92cb-c57ab77ed669(a)b1g2000pra.googlegroups.com... > On Dec 15, 12:58 pm, "Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarha...(a)msn.com> wrote: >> What did HP tell you when you asked a support person? >> >> "Dan" <Danodem...(a)gmail.com> wrote in message >> >> news:7a663206-fca0-48e0-9240-d0c53ed79f66(a)w56g2000hsf.googlegroups.com... >> >> > On Dec 14, 5:16 pm, Dan <Danodem...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On Dec 14, 4:35 pm, m...(a)sushi.com wrote: >> >> >> > On Dec 14, 4:42 am, Dan <Danodem...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> > > Windows XP Professional x64 and 4GB RAM? >> >> > > Alright, So with all the development and what not that I do, I >> >> > > decided >> >> > > to upgrade my system to 4GB of RAM. Also, due to software >> >> > > incompatibilities with Vista, I decided the my only real choice >> >> > > was >> >> > > Windows XP Professional x64 for my OS. I ran through the entire >> >> > > install, got all my drivers, everything seemed to be going well. I >> >> > > got >> >> > > my RAM today in the mail, slapped it in, checked the BIOS, and >> >> > > everything looked good. However, once I got into Windows, it only >> >> > > shows that I have 3GB >> >> > > available:http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h33/danodemano/Spec.jpg >> >> >> > > I checked with CPUZ to make sure that it was seeing the full 4GB >> >> > > and >> >> > > it >> >> > > was:http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h33/danodemano/CPUZ_RAM.jpg >> >> >> > > Now correct me if I'm wrong, but I had always thought that XP >> >> > > 64-bit >> >> > > supported something like 128GB of RAM....so why is my system not >> >> > > seeing the full 4GB???? Is there some option that I have to enable >> >> > > to >> >> > > allow Windows to use the full 4GB??? >> >> >> > > Any help would be appreciated, thanks!! >> >> >> > On my mobo, you need to get into the bios, enter control+F1, which >> >> > adds more features to tweak. Then find "memory remap." >> >> >> Interesting....I will try that and let you know how it turns out. I >> >> have an HP laptop though so I don't know how much I can do with the >> >> BIOS. >> >> This is my motherboard info if that >> >> helps:http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h33/danodemano/Motherboard.jpg >> >> > No luck.....I can't seem to get into any of the hidded options of the >> > BIOS. It's propably something that HP has done to keep me from doing >> > it, I'm sure..... >> > Grrr....guess I'm just out of luck at this point, unless someones has >> > any ideas??? > > They said that it doesn't support 4GB of RAM and that there was > nothing that they could do....the typical BS answer I'm sure.
From: Dan on 15 Dec 2007 18:08
On Dec 15, 5:57 pm, "Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarha...(a)msn.com> wrote: > It's not BS. I have a box with a mobo that refuses to support 4GB ram under > Windows x64. It does support 4GB under 32-bit Windows but not 64-bit. It > does happen. It is a design flaw and would take a different mobo to fix. > > "Dan" <Danodem...(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > > news:d0136760-5499-44ce-92cb-c57ab77ed669(a)b1g2000pra.googlegroups.com... > > > On Dec 15, 12:58 pm, "Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarha...(a)msn.com> wrote: > >> What did HP tell you when you asked a support person? > > >> "Dan" <Danodem...(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > > >>news:7a663206-fca0-48e0-9240-d0c53ed79f66(a)w56g2000hsf.googlegroups.com... > > >> > On Dec 14, 5:16 pm, Dan <Danodem...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> On Dec 14, 4:35 pm, m...(a)sushi.com wrote: > > >> >> > On Dec 14, 4:42 am, Dan <Danodem...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > >> >> > > Windows XP Professional x64 and 4GB RAM? > >> >> > > Alright, So with all the development and what not that I do, I > >> >> > > decided > >> >> > > to upgrade my system to 4GB of RAM. Also, due to software > >> >> > > incompatibilities with Vista, I decided the my only real choice > >> >> > > was > >> >> > > Windows XP Professional x64 for my OS. I ran through the entire > >> >> > > install, got all my drivers, everything seemed to be going well. I > >> >> > > got > >> >> > > my RAM today in the mail, slapped it in, checked the BIOS, and > >> >> > > everything looked good. However, once I got into Windows, it only > >> >> > > shows that I have 3GB > >> >> > > available:http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h33/danodemano/Spec.jpg > > >> >> > > I checked with CPUZ to make sure that it was seeing the full 4GB > >> >> > > and > >> >> > > it > >> >> > > was:http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h33/danodemano/CPUZ_RAM.jpg > > >> >> > > Now correct me if I'm wrong, but I had always thought that XP > >> >> > > 64-bit > >> >> > > supported something like 128GB of RAM....so why is my system not > >> >> > > seeing the full 4GB???? Is there some option that I have to enable > >> >> > > to > >> >> > > allow Windows to use the full 4GB??? > > >> >> > > Any help would be appreciated, thanks!! > > >> >> > On my mobo, you need to get into the bios, enter control+F1, which > >> >> > adds more features to tweak. Then find "memory remap." > > >> >> Interesting....I will try that and let you know how it turns out. I > >> >> have an HP laptop though so I don't know how much I can do with the > >> >> BIOS. > >> >> This is my motherboard info if that > >> >> helps:http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h33/danodemano/Motherboard.jpg > > >> > No luck.....I can't seem to get into any of the hidded options of the > >> > BIOS. It's propably something that HP has done to keep me from doing > >> > it, I'm sure..... > >> > Grrr....guess I'm just out of luck at this point, unless someones has > >> > any ideas??? > > > They said that it doesn't support 4GB of RAM and that there was > > nothing that they could do....the typical BS answer I'm sure. Well I would have though that a motherboard in a system that's hardly 6 months old would support 4GB of RAM....guess that's just to much to ask though. |