Upgrading Ram problem

Tfactor · 10-06-2004, 06:45 PM

I currently have a P4 3.2 with 2x 256 (dual channel) ddr 3200 memory. I bought a 2x512mb Kit to upgrade my system ram. Running on WinXP. My system supports up to 4mb of ram.

The problem is that with the memory installed it just shows 1gb of ram (not 1.5gb like I had thought). I'm currious if most motherboards require the same size chips or if I just need to tweak some settings to make this work.

Thanks for any help!

**kodi** · 10-06-2004, 07:57 PM

Some motherboards like the bigger Ram to be in the first two slots. Try switching them around and see if that works

10-06-2004, 06:45 PM	#1 (permalink)
Tfactor Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 1 OS: WinXP	Upgrading Ram problem I currently have a P4 3.2 with 2x 256 (dual channel) ddr 3200 memory. I bought a 2x512mb Kit to upgrade my system ram. Running on WinXP. My system supports up to 4mb of ram. The problem is that with the memory installed it just shows 1gb of ram (not 1.5gb like I had thought). I'm currious if most motherboards require the same size chips or if I just need to tweak some settings to make this work. Thanks for any help!

10-06-2004, 07:57 PM	#2 (permalink)
kodi Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Sydney Australia Posts: 7,396 OS: Windows 7-Ultimate 64 Bit My System	Some motherboards like the bigger Ram to be in the first two slots. Try switching them around and see if that works __________________ Brian