win7 Bios issue?

snakefood · 26 Jun 2009 at 08:36

Hey guys...I just finished installing win7 64-bit last night, and it is saying thatit can only address4 of my 6 gig of ram, I've read this needs a bios tweak to enable it, but cannot find it on my board, could any1 help?

Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5

snakefood · 26 Jun 2009 at 18:14

Update: here is a picture of system proerties, resouce manager etc...cpuz says I have 6, others say I have 4, how much am I addressing?

Theguy · 26 Jun 2009 at 19:07

I would always trust task manager, so in this case your addressing 4gb.
theres an option you can put in your bios as your have said, but bugger me i cant remember what it is called now. someone else will know though..

snakefood · 26 Jun 2009 at 20:05

the bios option is memory mapping; but mine doesn't have it.
Think i just found the fault tho, 1 of my sticks of ram is faulty; i noticed my bios was only showing 4GB, so I smelled a rodent...swapped a few sticks round...one of them will not show up when in a pair, and pc won't post when it's on it' own. Other two work fine..

Will RMA me mem kit, and post back; let you know if this resolved it...will obv be a few days til i post, but i'll get back...

ShakenNstirred · 27 Jun 2009 at 12:59

sounds like you have found the problem mate

snakefood · 4 Jul 2009 at 09:49

Update:

Yep, it was defective ram, rma'd the kit, chucked in new stuff...so far so good

ShakenNstirred · 4 Jul 2009 at 11:30

glad its sorted, just wish my laptop would take more than 2gig max