showing 64 but have 256

tRevHead62tRevHead62 Melbourne, Australia
edited December 2004 in Hardware
Hi, I am hoping that someone can shed a little light on a anomaly with my system. I have an iWill BD133u mobo with 1 module of PC133 256mb sdram installed. Running XP pro (with sp2).
The system information dialog shows only 64mb Total Physical Memory and something like 81mb Available Physical Memory. How does this anomaly come about?
I have installed the most current mobo chipset drivers, updated every other driver on it that I can think of.. hell, I even flashed the bios with a more recent one.
I discovered this whilst trying to diagnose a problem with the system crashing. So I'm thinking this anomaly may be related to the problem somehow.?? :scratch:
Any info, tips, suggestions will be much appreciated.
tRev.

Comments

  • MedlockMedlock Miramar, Florida Member
    edited December 2004
    Uhh... Memtest?
  • tRevHead62tRevHead62 Melbourne, Australia
    edited December 2004
    Done that, 100% pass.
  • gibbonslgibbonsl Grand Forks AFB
    edited December 2004
    what does the bios say on start up

    also rt click on my computer -- properties -- general -- say for the amount of ram?
  • tRevHead62tRevHead62 Melbourne, Australia
    edited December 2004
    262144MB on the screen at start-up.
    Properties of MyComputer shows 250 MB of RAM.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited December 2004
    How many memory banks can that computer support?
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