BIOS showing 7168mb

Golden Ape · 19 May 2009 at 22:35

I suspect that this might be a really noob question but if it is I can't figure out why. I've just put 8gb of brand spanking new memory into my Asus P5B mobo and am quite surprised to see the bios showing me as having only 7168mb of memory (Vista however is happy and shows 8gb). Is this normal? Is there something like the old harddisk marketing 1mb really equal 1000 kb and not 1028 going on? For the record the RAM is Kingston HyperX 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 8500C5 1066MHz Dual Channel from OCUK.

Kennysevenfold · 19 May 2009 at 22:41

Which motherboard is in question.?

Golden Ape · 19 May 2009 at 22:43

It's an Asus P5B with the latest BIOS, the manual says it can take upto 8gb...

doiks14 · 19 May 2009 at 22:44

Whats your graphics card? does your mobo have onboard graphics?

Kennysevenfold · 19 May 2009 at 22:51

yeah, 8gig taking into consideration the graphics ram.......

card you got.?

Golden Ape · 19 May 2009 at 22:52

Dooh! That's it, yes I have a rubbish graphics card that shares RAM with the system (I don't really do any gaming). I guess the BIOS must be reporting what's left after the card has taken its share.

edit: It's an ATI x1050 just in case you were wondering ...

Kennysevenfold · 19 May 2009 at 22:54

solved

doiks14 · 19 May 2009 at 23:06

Quickly solved eh?

Golden Ape · 19 May 2009 at 23:34

Yes, thanks guys that really was very quick. 'The forums' are truly a great thing!