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RAM Upgrade underutilisation
      #372628 - Sun Nov 18 2007 07:29 PM

Up until yesterday i had 512mb of ram on my pc, consisting of two 256mb ddr pc2100 cards. I decided to upgrade one of the cards to 1gb hoping i would then get 1280mb. However after fitting, and looking on the computer properties, i have now got 768mb, obviously an improvement but not as much as i would like, as it seems that it is only utilising half of the 1gb card. A friend told me to try removing the other 256mb card to see if this helped as they may be conflicting, however when i did this it just made it 512mb.

i have ran a crucial system scan and this shows that i have a 1gb and a 256mb card, as is correct, however this also says that the 1gb card is a DDR 2700 card whereas on the actual card it says it is a 2100.

is there any way to get the system to recognise that there should be more ram memory??


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Re: RAM Upgrade underutilisation [Re: bigstubeer]
      #372630 - Sun Nov 18 2007 07:40 PM

G'day bigstubeer.

Where did you get the new 1Gb card from?.

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Re: RAM Upgrade underutilisation [Re: Sandhound]
      #372631 - Sun Nov 18 2007 07:43 PM

hi

i got the memory on ebay, but it was a respectable seller specialising in memory.


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Re: RAM Upgrade underutilisation [Re: bigstubeer]
      #372766 - Mon Nov 19 2007 08:29 PM

G'day bigstubeer.

Well it should be ok then.
Can you try it in another computer?

BTW the 1Gb goes into bank 0 and the 256Mb bank 1


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Re: RAM Upgrade underutilisation [Re: Sandhound]
      #372774 - Mon Nov 19 2007 08:47 PM

not really, i haven't got access to any other computers in that way

i have got the 1gb in bank 0.


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Re: RAM Upgrade underutilisation [Re: bigstubeer]
      #372900 - Tue Nov 20 2007 09:38 PM

G'day bigstubeer.

Can your Mobo accept 1Gb card? if so perhaps the card in question is faulty.


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