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craftycooky Jan 01, 2004, 10:23 AM When my PC is booting it sometimes only sees 256 of RAM. I have a single 512 chip. Got an MSI mobo and a AMD 2100 xp running XP. Anybody got any ideas... Crafty Mr Snatcher Jan 02, 2004, 09:53 AM What does bios see at as? Van Nugent Jan 02, 2004, 11:10 AM Try moving the RAM sticks to different slots. It may also be bad RAM or compatibility issue. craftycooky Jan 02, 2004, 11:33 AM the bios sometimes sees it as 256 and other times as 512, there doesnt seem to be any pattern. craftycooky Jan 02, 2004, 11:35 AM i will try the stick in another slot and let you know...cheers rarfyss Jan 08, 2004, 05:43 PM win98 and windows millenium only can run so much memorry and can't recognize the extra memmorie,Windows 2000 and windows xp should show you the 512mb of memmory,I think millenium and 98 only recognize 333mb,not sure,Something like that though.. duffy90210 Jan 08, 2004, 06:06 PM rarfyss I am not sure where you got your figure of 333MB from, this number doesnt even fit any of the memory range for an OS. Win9X can work with 768MB of memory, anything above that, you will need your VCACHE settings modified or the OS will simply hang as it has no facility to address above that limit. Cooky, your problem seem to be either a faulty board/memory slot, or simply a faulty memory, may even be a case of the board not compatiable with the memory stick like Van said. HTH |