My_Inner_Fred Posted June 8, 2009 Posted June 8, 2009 I upgraded from 2GB of ram to 4GB of ram but my computer only uses 2GB of ram... It can see 4GB of ram in the control panel but doesn't use all of it. Do any of you know whats going on? I'm using windows vista 32bit. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkrow21 Posted June 8, 2009 Posted June 8, 2009 I upgraded from 2GB of ram to 4GB of ram but my computer only uses 2GB of ram... It can see 4GB of ram in the control panel but doesn't use all of it. Do any of you know whats going on?I'm using windows vista 32bit. Seems like you know what's going on. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
My_Inner_Fred Posted June 8, 2009 Posted June 8, 2009 (edited) Seems like you know what's going on. No... 32-bit can see 4GB of ram but can only use up to 3.5GB of ram approx. so i should be able to use somewhere around 3GB of ram not just 2GBs of ram.... I don't know why i can only use 2GB of ram not 3GB... Edited June 8, 2009 by My_Inner_Fred Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verran Posted June 8, 2009 Posted June 8, 2009 Where are you getting the 2GB usage figure from? Have you considered the possibility that you're not doing things that call for more memory? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
My_Inner_Fred Posted June 8, 2009 Posted June 8, 2009 Where are you getting the 2GB usage figure from? Have you considered the possibility that you're not doing things that call for more memory? It says I have 2GB of ram total on my sidebar and my task manager. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verran Posted June 8, 2009 Posted June 8, 2009 What does CPU-Z say? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_bowtie Posted June 8, 2009 Posted June 8, 2009 clear the CMOS.... I just swapped from 2gig to 4 gig and mine shows fine.... but with 67 processes running I am only using 2.89gig Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
My_Inner_Fred Posted June 9, 2009 Posted June 9, 2009 What does CPU-Z say? CPU-z says there are 4GBS of ram Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
panjang110 Posted June 9, 2009 Posted June 9, 2009 (edited) I upgraded from 2GB of ram to 4GB of ram but my computer only uses 2GB of ram... It can see 4GB of ram in the control panel but doesn't use all of it. Do any of you know whats going on?I'm using windows vista 32bit. the same thing happen to me too, instead of 3GB of ram i got 2.5GB. i use 3 stick of 1GB ram and right now i'm running both vista and xp 32bit both os show the same thing. i check it via task manager's total physical memory and memtest lets just say the 32bit limit is 3.25GB including VRAM i'm still missing 0.25GB of ram, it's not that big but i'm curious about the missing ram Edited June 9, 2009 by panjang110 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheConqueror Posted June 9, 2009 Posted June 9, 2009 Its counts RAM + Video card RAM and probably something else Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
My_Inner_Fred Posted June 9, 2009 Posted June 9, 2009 I think I know what the issue is, My OCZ set of ram uses 2.1volts of power while my Corsair uses 1.9volts... what do i have to do to fix this prob? buy another set of ram with the same voltage? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
panjang110 Posted June 9, 2009 Posted June 9, 2009 (edited) i don't think so, usually higher ram voltage is for tighter timing specified by vendor so if you run it at 1.8V it will just run at normal timing not decrease the capacity anyone correct me if i'm wrong EDIT* do you uprade to 2X2GB ram or add 2 more 1GB stick? Edited June 9, 2009 by panjang110 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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