-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Still Ram problem
- From: "suzanne" <lailoken@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 07:33:45 -0500
good to see you back ns! I've been wondering if you ever got this resolved
or not...
everything I am reading now says that 512 is too much ram for win9x... but I
know I had 2/256 sticks in my machine before I went with win2k. [GMan - I'm
still gonna do a triple boot soon! 98/2k/xp] even tho I didn't see any
system speed improvement from 256 to 512.
I still think that this problem is because of NVRAM settings... the
following is used mainly to fix shutdown issues with 98, but try it
anyhow... can't hurt and you can always change it back:
*disabling the NVRAM/ESCD updates feature: Right-click on My Computer, click
Properties, click the Device Manager tab, double-click System Devices, click
Plug and Play BIOS, and on the Settings tab click to select the "Disable
NVRAM/ESCD Updates" check box on the Settings tab. Click OK* and reboot.
[from http://www.aumha.org/kb.htm]
if that doesn't work, MS has a few solutions here:
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;q146912
let us know if any of these work ok?
~s
----- From: "nightsneak"
> GMan,
>
> LOL...You asked offlist and I had to go, so I will state my case here. I
> STILL do not have my 512MB RAM recognized. (sorry Suzanne, but I have been
> gone so long, and hadn't had time to answer your wonderful help.)
>
> Here are the facts:
>
> I had all new mobo, processor, power supply, RAM to install.
>
> Everything works fine except the RAM. I had my neighbor guru tech come
over
> and he is at a loss also. When I boot, it shows:
> Checking NVRAM
> 524244KB OK
>
> Belarc Advisor shows:
> 81.88 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
> 60.19 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space
>
> CyberDrv CW058D CD-R/RW [CD-ROM drive]
> Generic floppy disk drive (3.5")
>
> Generic IDE hard disk drive (81.88 GB) -- drive 0 96 Megabytes Installed
> Memory
>
> Slot '0' has 512 MB
>
> Same with SiSoft Sandra.
>
> My neighbor brought over a 64MB stick of RAM, boot shows 64MB, system
shows
> 64MB. We put in 128MB, boot shows 128MB, system, shows 96MB.
>
> How the heck do I get Windows to see all the 512MB that the mobo seems to
> see?
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