Hi all.
I have an ASUS N50Vn Series laptop with 4GB RAM + NVidia 9650 GTS 1GB Card.
I just installed Win 7 Ult x64 on a new partition in my HD, and now Win x64 only detects 2GB of ram.
I have dual start with Win Vista x86 (which is original install system), and that lousy system detects 3GB of my RAM.
no, RAM is not shared with VRAM.
Any reasons for that? (detecting only 2GB of ram).
Discuss and help
Check your bios, it may have a limiter that is hindering the full use of your RAM.
Hi all.
I have an ASUS N50Vn Series laptop with 4GB RAM + NVidia 9650 GTS 1GB Card.
I just installed Win 7 Ult x64 on a new partition in my HD, and now Win x64 only detects 2GB of ram.
I have dual start with Win Vista x86 (which is original install system), and that lousy system detects 3GB of my RAM.
no, RAM is not shared with VRAM.
Any reasons for that? (detecting only 2GB of ram).
Discuss and help
According to the Original SPECS of your laptop sold in Newegg.com I noted it had only VISTA 32-Bit NOT VISTA -64 Bit, Right? Therefore the 3GB shown in VISTA is a function of your OS limitation NOT BIOS . Since Win 7 won't interfere the BIOS setup, I doubt if you can manipulate BIOS settings to show the full RAM . I will be following this thread with interest for your observation.I have been to the ASUS foruns... but not much help there.
ive left a post over there.
btw, im gonna try out the BIOS messing around.. but before so, id like to share this info with you:
my windows build is 7068. (w7 ultimate).
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NVIDIA System Information report created on: 04/06/2009 22:51:34
System name: 2-PATA-2
[Display]
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P8600 @ 2.40GHz (2400 MHz)
Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate, 64-bit
DirectX version: 10.0
GPU processor: GeForce 9650M GT
Driver version: 179.14
Stream processors: 32
Core clock: 550 MHz
Shader clock: 1375 MHz
Memory clock: 400 MHz (800 MHz data rate)
Memory interface: 128-bit
Total available graphics memory: 1791 MB
Dedicated video memory: 1024 MB
System video memory: 0 MB
Shared system memory: 767 MB
Video BIOS version: 62.94.4A.00.13
IRQ: 16
Bus: PCI Express x1
Last thought: my computer has capabilities for x64 system, it even comes with x64 drivers CD. (vista)
so ill try to check the BIOS thing.
According to the Original SPECS of your laptop sold in Newegg.com I noted it had only VISTA 32-Bit NOT VISTA -64 Bit, Right? Therefore the 3GB shown in VISTA is a function of your OS limitation NOT BIOS . Since Win 7 won't interfere the BIOS setup, I doubt if you can manipulate BIOS settings to show the full RAM . I will be following this thread with interest for your observation.
In my Desktop PC I had previously posted, as mentioned, I too have VISTA Ultimate 32 Bit and it, as expected, shows only 3 GB out of 4 GB installed RAM. I don't have VISTA -64 bit to confirm whether it will show 4 GB /4GB [I expect]as seen in my Win 7 Bit 64 Build 7042 and Win 7 64 Bit Build 7057 in the same PC in different partitions [ I don't like Win 7 64 Bit Build 7057 as it has less driver support for most of my devices compared to the earlier build!). I have Win7 Bit 64 Build 7062 DVD and will try to install it in the same desktop in a different HDD partition and test how the RAM is handled and post my findings here to see if that is specific to 7062 Build or a problem with your 7062 Disc!
OK folks, check this out:
1- CMN, you are right, i bought this laptop on newegg, and i Dualboot it with Vista x86.
1.1 - you are right, Windows cannot mess with BIOS
2- Although very productive, this discussion is useless due to the fact that I checked BIOS, and RAM = 2048MB (2Gig), WTF!!???
having no other choice, i went through the way above post's possibilities, INCLUDING MISPLACEMENT OF RAM STICKS, which has found to be TRUE, god forbid knows why since this is a brand new laptop which was never touched.
After messing around with RAM sticks (stick them out, stick them in), voil'aaaa BIOS RAM = 4096!
and now, im a happy x64 W7 Ultimate user wich can enjoy fully my stack of RAM.
Thank you guys so much for the discussion, sorry for all the trouble.
I have dual start with Win Vista x86 (which is original install system), and that lousy system detects 3GB of my RAM.
1 - Yes, i checked RAM = 4096MB through BIOS and POST. Windows 7 recognizes it fully.
2 - and no, i cant take out the naggy ASUS screen that appears at POST time (never liked those screens, neglecting vital information).
3 - Interesting that they would publish a way of getting x86 Vista to have use of 4GB ram, i will certainly try that, thx!
2 - and no, i cant take out the naggy ASUS screen that appears at POST time (never liked those screens, neglecting vital information).
yes, i have.. that option does not exist.
i can only remove 'POST custom sound'....
Custom POST pictures exists in almost all new mobos and laptops, usually the desktop mobos having the option to take it out. But the notebooks.. varies greatly.