Welcome to Geeks to Go - Register now for FREE

Geeks To Go is a helpful hub, where thousands of volunteer geeks quickly serve friendly answers and support. Check out the forums and get free advice from the experts. Register now to gain access to all of our features, it's FREE and only takes one minute. Once registered and logged in, you will be able to create topics, post replies to existing threads, give reputation to your fellow members, get your own private messenger, post status updates, manage your profile and so much more.

Create Account How it Works

Javascript Disabled Detected

You currently have javascript disabled. Several functions may not work. Please re-enable javascript to access full functionality.

Vista 64 with 4gb of ram problem.

Started by 1_MICHAEL , Jul 12 2008 01:53 PM

Please log in to reply

#1
1_MICHAEL

Posted 12 July 2008 - 01:53 PM

New Member

Member
2 posts

I have Vista home premium 64 bit and i just bought an extra 2gb of ram to make my total 4gb (4 x 1gb) of ram. The ram is tested and has no faults. But whenever I have more than 3gb installed at once the computer becomes extremely sluggish and wont connect to the internet. I spent hours googleing this and found no answers so far. A hot fix exists for this (929777) but when I install it it says "This update does not apply to your computer" and quits. I updated my bios, and all the drivers for my video card and sound card. right now I am using 3gb of ram without a problem. memory timings and voltages are all set to auto. The ram is corsair pc5400 (667mhz).

I know there are a lot of other people with the same problem. is there anyway I can fix this without having to buy a new motherboard?

my system:
-vista 64
-nvidia 8800GTS
-SB audigy 4
-core 2 duo e6300
-(mobo) asus P5NSLI

Thank you!!

#2
Neil Jones

Posted 13 July 2008 - 03:34 AM

Member 5k

Member
8,476 posts

There may be an option in the BIOS to fix this. On some boards you have an option to limit the amount of memory for 32-bit OS's, as you have a 64-bit OS this option is irrelevant to you. It's somewhere along the lines of Memory Remapping in the BIOS if your board has such an option.