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dMw Chit Chat => The Beer Bar => Technology Section => Topic started by: DarkAngel on August 03, 2005, 06:59:01 PM

Title: RAM
Post by: DarkAngel on August 03, 2005, 06:59:01 PM
I have a Abit Fatal1ty SLI Motherboard and ive just put in 4Gb of DDR 400 RAM, one snag in windows it only shows up as 2.75 Gb although in bios it says 4 Gb  :blink: . Rather odd i checked the capacity of the motherboard and fair enough it says 4 Gb.

Any pointers? hmm
Title: RAM
Post by: Hippy on August 03, 2005, 07:02:43 PM
4GB!!!!!


Whats that whisper in the wind?


"Too much money......"

 :narnar:
Title: RAM
Post by: Doris on August 03, 2005, 07:07:12 PM
hippy's hearing things
Title: RAM
Post by: Anonymous on August 03, 2005, 07:27:52 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by DarkAngel@Aug 3 2005, 05:59 PM
I have a Abit Fatal1ty SLI Motherboard and ive just put in 4Gb of DDR 400 RAM, one snag in windows it only shows up as 2.75 Gb although in bios it says 4 Gb :blink: . Rather odd i checked the capacity of the motherboard and fair enough it says 4 Gb.

Any pointers? hmm
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Its a chipset limitation probably. My mb supports 4Gb but ASUS warn on their site that you may only get 3.x Gb reported due to chipset limitations (Intel 865PE chipset)
Title: RAM
Post by: Apoc on August 03, 2005, 07:37:28 PM
4Gb only being recognized as 3.xxGb: Though 4Gb will be counted, the chipset (and not only Intel's but others as well) will only utilize 3Gb for O/S and applications. The remaining 1Gb is used for the chipset to allocate other system resources (video addressing and such) to that area.
Title: RAM
Post by: Sn00ks on August 03, 2005, 07:54:19 PM
Does this mean that DA has wasted his money buying 4Gig  :roflmao:
Title: RAM
Post by: DarkAngel on August 03, 2005, 08:34:31 PM
Looks like im selling 2gb then  :blush:
Title: RAM
Post by: Thulsa Doom on August 03, 2005, 10:05:33 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by DarkAngel@Aug 3 2005, 08:34 PM
Looks like im selling 2gb then :blush:
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U take visa?  :D
Title: RAM
Post by: Cadaver on August 04, 2005, 08:36:52 AM
And the valuable lesson here is: always RTFM...and then do some extra digging just to be sure  ;)
Title: RAM
Post by: Apoc on August 04, 2005, 12:38:54 PM
Personally I wouldn't get rid of it at all;

It is all being used - just not by windows and its in place for when you get a 64bit operating system.
Plus you never know what the price of ram is going to do ;)

Good investment either way
Title: RAM
Post by: DarkAngel on August 04, 2005, 02:04:48 PM
I have a AMD 64 Bit 3200 (939)
So it is useful though there is some way of just creating ram with the 64 bit processor dont know how tho.. So if any1 wants to buy 2 x 1Gb RAM 3200 then gimme a pm think £50 each would be a reasonable price.
Title: RAM
Post by: smite on August 04, 2005, 03:53:15 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by DarkAngel@Aug 4 2005, 02:04 PM
I have a AMD 64 Bit 3200 (939)
So it is useful though there is some way of just creating ram with the 64 bit processor dont know how tho.. So if any1 wants to buy 2 x 1Gb RAM 3200 then gimme a pm think £50 each would be a reasonable price.
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If i had it i would......but i now don't :(
Title: RAM
Post by: Anonymous on August 04, 2005, 04:03:38 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by smite@Aug 4 2005, 02:53 PM
If i had it i would......but i now don't :(
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Go on. Give him the PSP for one of the sticks ya stingy git ;)
Title: RAM
Post by: smite on August 04, 2005, 04:13:03 PM
Got Ridge racer today  :blush:
Title: RAM
Post by: Anonymous on August 04, 2005, 04:27:54 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by smite@Aug 4 2005, 03:13 PM
Got Ridge racer today :blush:
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You may well blush young man :D
Title: RAM
Post by: DarkAngel on August 04, 2005, 07:42:56 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by BlueBall@Aug 4 2005, 03:03 PM
Go on. Give him the PSP for one of the sticks ya stingy git ;)
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Deal  :blush:
Title: RAM
Post by: Hippy on August 04, 2005, 08:43:48 PM
£50 for 2gb?   :(

there i go and spend £80something on 1gb.
Title: RAM
Post by: smite on August 04, 2005, 08:53:24 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by Hippy@Aug 4 2005, 08:43 PM
£50 for 2gb?  :(

there i go and spend £80something on 1gb.
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no £50 each he said..... if he really said £50 for both bars i would have them :D
Title: RAM
Post by: Hippy on August 04, 2005, 08:56:46 PM
£50 for 1gb?   :(

there i go and spend £80something on 1gb.







 :narnar:
Title: RAM
Post by: Blunt on August 04, 2005, 11:01:05 PM
well, I spent 80 odd quid for 1 gig and when fitted in slot 3 yesterday, stopped pc from booting up :(

so ....when I get a minute, I'm gonna strip out me ram and start again 1 at a time, 1 gig 1st, then 512, then 512...until it works.

if It doesn't....I'm looking for an excuse to do a TOTAL upgrade to give Toxteth a pc by october (when his older bro goes to uni....watch out monkey...he'll be after your gaff in 12 months :D )

 :P
Title: RAM
Post by: suicidal_monkey on August 05, 2005, 12:26:32 AM
No worries :D in 12 months I should be outta here! :P

I was considering the ram but after some driver reinstalls my AGP is back up to 8x from "off" (silly ati smartgart rubbish...) and BF2 seems to be playing much smoother! hurrah! 8)
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