TokyoElbow Posted February 28, 2016 Member ID: 22517 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 9 Topic Count: 27 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 139 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 107 Achievement Points: 1335 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 04/07/15 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 20, 2023 Birthday: 03/16/1968 Device: Macintosh Share Posted February 28, 2016 (edited) Anyone know why this happens? I had a look at the CPU pins and one was bent so I straightened it and it did show all RAM for a while but then went back to displaying the below about only 4GB usable. Dunno if that's related or not. Machine works perfectly fine but I want to sell it (who wants it??) so would like to fix this 'problem'. Here is the system screen. WINDOWS 7 ULTIMATE Service Pack 1 Thanks in advance Elbow Edited February 28, 2016 by TokyoElbow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Smurf|NL Posted February 28, 2016 Member ID: 1678 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 55 Topic Count: 82 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 1469 Content Per Day: 0.29 Reputation: 1021 Achievement Points: 10373 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/10/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: 20 hours ago Birthday: 09/29/1958 Device: Windows Share Posted February 28, 2016 what windows version you are using i thougt that windows 7 only recognize 4 gb mem maybe i am wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Sammy Posted February 28, 2016 Member ID: 3036 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 31 Topic Count: 219 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 9419 Content Per Day: 2.08 Reputation: 7515 Achievement Points: 62539 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 21 Joined: 11/29/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 30, 2023 Birthday: 04/26/2008 Device: Windows Share Posted February 28, 2016 Win 7 64 bit will recognize more than 4. So since the screenshot says that it is 64 then it shouldnt be the issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
TheHammer Posted February 28, 2016 Member ID: 4101 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 22 Topic Count: 54 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1124 Content Per Day: 0.27 Reputation: 792 Achievement Points: 8736 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/05/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: Wednesday at 08:46 AM Birthday: 07/08/1962 Device: Windows Share Posted February 28, 2016 bent cpu pins wow !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Damage_inc- Posted February 28, 2016 Member ID: 2048 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 294 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 6689 Content Per Day: 1.37 Reputation: 4709 Achievement Points: 48999 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 5 Joined: 12/15/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 29, 2023 Birthday: 05/30/1967 Device: Windows Share Posted February 28, 2016 bent cpu pins wow !!!! bent cpu pins ftw? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Slackernet Posted February 28, 2016 Member ID: 23498 Group: ++ Minecraft Admin Followers: 12 Topic Count: 106 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 700 Content Per Day: 0.23 Reputation: 229 Achievement Points: 5750 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 11/12/15 Status: Offline Last Seen: Sunday at 08:59 PM Device: Linux Share Posted February 28, 2016 (edited) A few questions? Are the ram sticks all the same ? how many ram sticks are you using? what is the board make and model ? I would start in the bios Most motherboard manufacturers want the ram placed in a certain order to achieve single channel dual channel triple channel quad channel not all boards support all of the above so the best thing to do for now is..go the motherboards site and get the latest bios and install that check the site to see if the ram is compatible ....aka speed and size and finally get the install manual and make sure the order in witch the ram is installed is correct on the board .... aka dimm slot 1,2,3,4,etc once the bios is happy then windows should also be happy Note: ram speed settings may also have to be set in the bios Note2: The windows 10 machine here I checked for reference says system type: 64 bit operating system, x64 based processor Is the I5 in your machine a 64 bit processor ? and maybe that bent pin isn't letting the processor work / use the ram channels correctly ? Edited February 28, 2016 by Slackernet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Devildog4355 Posted February 28, 2016 Member ID: 15237 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 27 Topic Count: 93 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 958 Content Per Day: 0.24 Reputation: 580 Achievement Points: 6679 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 06/30/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 20, 2021 Birthday: 05/04/1992 Share Posted February 28, 2016 I had this issue once before the way i fixed it was re-seating the ram sticks. switching them around and putting them in different slots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
TokyoElbow Posted February 28, 2016 Member ID: 22517 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 9 Topic Count: 27 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 139 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 107 Achievement Points: 1335 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 04/07/15 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 20, 2023 Birthday: 03/16/1968 Device: Macintosh Author Share Posted February 28, 2016 what windows version you are using i thougt that windows 7 only recognize 4 gb mem maybe i am wrong WINDOWS 7 ULTIMATE Service Pack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Sitting-Duc Posted February 28, 2016 Member ID: 561 Group: ++++ Senior Admin Followers: 84 Topic Count: 502 Topics Per Day: 0.09 Content Count: 5334 Content Per Day: 1.01 Reputation: 4610 Achievement Points: 41339 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 29 Joined: 10/14/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 5 hours ago Birthday: 04/06/1992 Device: Windows Share Posted February 28, 2016 @Smurf|NL All versions of Windows save for Windows starter support a maximum of 4GB of RAM on a x86 architecture (starter only supports 2GB). The OS that @@TokyoElbow is using will support 192GB of RAM on a x64 architecture so that is not the problem. (https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/windows/desktop/aa366778(v=vs.85).aspx#physical_memory_limits_windows_7) Smurf|NL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Cliffs_Edge Posted February 28, 2016 Member ID: 20891 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 12 Topic Count: 2 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 74 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 37 Achievement Points: 495 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/14/14 Status: Offline Last Seen: Monday at 11:54 AM Birthday: 02/21/1960 Device: Macintosh Share Posted February 28, 2016 mine just says 10gb installed not what is usable maybe its just an imperfection on screen, i think they used to call it Wisywig. (Correct me if i'm wrong) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
LOCO Posted February 28, 2016 Member ID: 465 Group: +++ COD4 Head Admin Followers: 59 Topic Count: 349 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 2090 Content Per Day: 0.39 Reputation: 2486 Achievement Points: 19253 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 21 Joined: 09/20/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 1 hour ago Birthday: 02/09/1977 Device: Windows Share Posted February 28, 2016 (edited) why are you on service pack 1 have you done any updates ? http://helpdeskgeek.com/windows-7/fix-the-maximum-amount-of-memory-usable-by-windows-7-64-bit/ http://www.howtogeek.com/131632/hardware-upgrade-why-windows-cant-see-all-your-ram/ Edited February 28, 2016 by LOCO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
n00ne Posted February 28, 2016 Member ID: 747 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 9 Topic Count: 8 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 194 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 87 Achievement Points: 1197 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/15/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 4 Birthday: 05/24/1946 Device: Windows Share Posted February 28, 2016 (edited) I thought that you have to have windows pro for anything more than 8 gigs. duh LOCO has it right Edited February 28, 2016 by n00ne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
TokyoElbow Posted February 29, 2016 Member ID: 22517 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 9 Topic Count: 27 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 139 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 107 Achievement Points: 1335 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 04/07/15 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 20, 2023 Birthday: 03/16/1968 Device: Macintosh Author Share Posted February 29, 2016 Im using WINDOWS 7 ULTIMATE, so it should handle 192 GB, right?? I tried adding to the max memory in msconfig, didnt work I think i may need to check the pins under the cpu.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
SupaDupa Posted February 29, 2016 Member ID: 20988 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 29 Topic Count: 13 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 317 Content Per Day: 0.09 Reputation: 310 Achievement Points: 2300 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 03/23/14 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 21, 2017 Birthday: 10/16/1980 Share Posted February 29, 2016 I currently use Windows 7 ultimate service pack 1. I have 16g of performance ram. My system uses 16g of performance ram. There is something else wrong with Tokyo's system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loaderXI Posted February 29, 2016 Member ID: 252 Group: +++ COD2 Head Admin Followers: 71 Topic Count: 392 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 6417 Content Per Day: 1.20 Reputation: 6494 Achievement Points: 54334 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 30 Joined: 09/05/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 3 hours ago Birthday: 03/22/1965 Device: Windows Share Posted February 29, 2016 I am thinking ram speed can you try reducing in bios Slackernet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
LOCO Posted March 1, 2016 Member ID: 465 Group: +++ COD4 Head Admin Followers: 59 Topic Count: 349 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 2090 Content Per Day: 0.39 Reputation: 2486 Achievement Points: 19253 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 21 Joined: 09/20/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 1 hour ago Birthday: 02/09/1977 Device: Windows Share Posted March 1, 2016 check your pins and make sure they are sitting in right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
chavez Posted March 1, 2016 Member ID: 206 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 11 Topic Count: 43 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 705 Content Per Day: 0.13 Reputation: 149 Achievement Points: 4266 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/03/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 17 Birthday: 11/29/1961 Device: Windows Share Posted March 1, 2016 Anyone know why this happens? I had a look at the CPU pins and one was bent so I straightened it and it did show all RAM for a while but then went back to displaying the below about only 4GB usable. Dunno if that's related or not. Machine works perfectly fine but I want to sell it (who wants it??) so would like to fix this 'problem'. Here is the system screen. WINDOWS 7 ULTIMATE Service Pack 1 Thanks in advance Elbow maybe this will help. https://youtu.be/4UgTnRcXR5o google and TokyoElbow 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Slackernet Posted March 1, 2016 Member ID: 23498 Group: ++ Minecraft Admin Followers: 12 Topic Count: 106 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 700 Content Per Day: 0.23 Reputation: 229 Achievement Points: 5750 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 11/12/15 Status: Offline Last Seen: Sunday at 08:59 PM Device: Linux Share Posted March 1, 2016 (edited) sounds like you need a new motherboard with un-bent pins...also look closely at the bottom of the intel chip to make sure it wasn't damaged by pins being crossed / bent Edited March 1, 2016 by Slackernet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
TokyoElbow Posted March 1, 2016 Member ID: 22517 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 9 Topic Count: 27 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 139 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 107 Achievement Points: 1335 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 04/07/15 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 20, 2023 Birthday: 03/16/1968 Device: Macintosh Author Share Posted March 1, 2016 (edited) Tried everything, It must be a knackered mobo.... I will prob just sell it as it is then. Thanks for help guys.... Who wants a computer?? Edited March 1, 2016 by TokyoElbow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Sammy Posted March 1, 2016 Member ID: 3036 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 31 Topic Count: 219 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 9419 Content Per Day: 2.08 Reputation: 7515 Achievement Points: 62539 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 21 Joined: 11/29/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 30, 2023 Birthday: 04/26/2008 Device: Windows Share Posted March 1, 2016 I didnt know win7 home artificially limited it to 8 or 16. To me that sounds like false advertising for getting x64 anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Recommended Posts