Windows 7 problem

Leeroy123 · 31 Jan 2010 at 23:58

Just installed windows 7 with the help on here from RJC

now ive got 2 problems, firstly windows 7 isnt picking up my 4 gig. says 1.99 usable, and secondly its not picking up the overclock, just saying the default clock speed.
I have just installed one of the bundles from ocuk, which ive gotta say needed CMOS'ing to get to boot, the overclock wasnt quite right. But anyway this is the bundle,

1 X Intel Core i7 860 2.80Ghz @ 3.80GHz - Retail
1 X Asus P7P55D Evo Intel P55 Motherboard
1 X Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel
1 X Zalman CNPS10X-Quiet CPU Cooler

I just cant get windows to use all 4 gig? or even say the overclock on the system page.

Anyone any ideas please.

macca672 · 1 Feb 2010 at 00:01

may sound silly but you have installed windows 7 64bit yes?

and does the i7 use speed step? where it will throttle the cpu down when its not needed and ramp it up when it is

zetec452 · 1 Feb 2010 at 00:02

I assume it is Windows 7 64bit? Even 32bit should see more than 2GB ram.

Does the BIOS show 4GB ram and the overclock?

Leeroy123 · 1 Feb 2010 at 00:06

Yeah its windows 7, as for speedstep im not sure. ocuk have pre overclocked the bundle as i say, ill go check if speedstep is on and disable that. the bios does show 4 gig ram yes.

benjo · 1 Feb 2010 at 00:09

Probably a stupid question, but you say you reset the cmos, did you put the overclock back to 3.8 again afterwards?

Leeroy123 · 1 Feb 2010 at 00:12

Right speedstep was on so i disabled that and it shows the full ghz now. I pressed the cmos to get the system to boot, after it booted i went into bios and loaded ocuk overclock profile which was saved, now it boots. Just need to work out this memory problem now.

benjo · 1 Feb 2010 at 00:14

Made sure the ram is sat properly?

Leeroy123 · 1 Feb 2010 at 00:15

yes mate but ill go and double check that right now. be right back .

benjo · 1 Feb 2010 at 00:17

Does it detect all 4gb in the bios? If it doesn't then you could try the sticks in a different channel

Leeroy123 · 1 Feb 2010 at 00:22

it does detect all 4 in the bios, it also detects all 4 in windows settings page. what it says is. Installed memory 4.00 GB (1.99 ) usable. is it something to do with the overclock ocuk have done?

joey2cool · 1 Feb 2010 at 00:25

are you using 64bit qwindows?

Leeroy123 · 1 Feb 2010 at 00:26

yes 64 bit windows 7 ultimate.

benjo · 1 Feb 2010 at 00:26

What video card do you have in there?

Leeroy123 · 1 Feb 2010 at 00:26

nvidia 295 mate.

benjo · 1 Feb 2010 at 00:29

Hmm odd, sounds similar to when video cards share the system ram.

Someone will be along to explain everything though

joey2cool · 1 Feb 2010 at 00:34

jus been looking round the internet, apparently this has relation to faulty ram slots. this is one example:
http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/4gb-installed-299gb-useable

but google 4gb installed 1.99 usable and it bought up several sites. Try your ram in single slots and if it boots? if not, it maybe a faulty ram slot

joey2cool · 1 Feb 2010 at 00:35

oh and did you try reseating your ram? it may not be all the way in, and that could be the error also. maybe (as low tech as it sounds) blow out the slots with air and see if that helps

Leeroy123 · 1 Feb 2010 at 00:38

i tried reseating the ram yes mate. its all brand new stuff. ill see if it boots up with each stick on there own. brb

joey2cool · 1 Feb 2010 at 00:44

ok mate, let us know

Leeroy123 · 1 Feb 2010 at 00:48

yip just tried booting the system up with both stick on there own, only 1 would do it. looks like i have a faulty stick of ram, gutted. So much for there bundles getting tested before being sold, wont be using ocuk again.