Ram is shown 160mb instead of 384mb

uvreddy · 10-18-2008, 06:37 AM

Hi,

In my system I am having two SD rams ( 256mb + 128mb). It used to show 384mb earlier. I am having windows xp in my machine. Unfortunately my os got corrupted and I repaired it. Then on wards it started showing 160mb. I don't know what is the issue with it.

I thought of fixing this problem and downloaded some ram repairing tools in to my machine. One of the tool was showing Physical memory is 160mb and virtual memory allocated is 384mb. I suspect ram memory being allocated for virtual memory. I tried to change the virtual memory related settings, but the ram memory is not recovered.

Please let me know what could be the problem.

Thanks & Regards,
Venkat.

**simpswr** · 10-18-2008, 06:55 AM

and welcome to the Forum

Sounds like your 128 stick has failed . . try booting with just the 128 in and post back with the result

uvreddy · 10-18-2008, 11:09 AM

Hi,

I tried with only 128mb stick. It logged and showing ram memory 128mb fine.

I tried with only 256mb. It is showing only 32mb and not logged in.

That's why it is showing 128 +32 = 160mb on logging in with two sticks. If the ram has any problem it should fail completly. But why it is showing 32mb in the initial screen. How can we free the remaining memory of 256 slot.

Thanks for your help.

Venkat.

**simpswr** · 10-18-2008, 11:14 AM

Look in BIOS to see how much it is recognizing

uvreddy · 10-18-2008, 12:15 PM

In BIOS it is showing as

Base Memory 640k
Extended Memory 161792k
Total Memory 162816k

Totally it is showing as 160MB

**simpswr** · 10-18-2008, 01:18 PM

Sounds like the 256 stick has failed and need to be replaced

10-18-2008, 06:37 AM	#1 (permalink)
uvreddy Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 3 OS: Winxp	Ram is shown 160mb instead of 384mb Hi, In my system I am having two SD rams ( 256mb + 128mb). It used to show 384mb earlier. I am having windows xp in my machine. Unfortunately my os got corrupted and I repaired it. Then on wards it started showing 160mb. I don't know what is the issue with it. I thought of fixing this problem and downloaded some ram repairing tools in to my machine. One of the tool was showing Physical memory is 160mb and virtual memory allocated is 384mb. I suspect ram memory being allocated for virtual memory. I tried to change the virtual memory related settings, but the ram memory is not recovered. Please let me know what could be the problem. Thanks & Regards, Venkat.

10-18-2008, 06:55 AM	#2 (permalink)
simpswr Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: May 2007 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 12,269 OS: XP, Vista, Win 7	Re: Ram is shown 160mb instead of 384mb and welcome to the Forum Sounds like your 128 stick has failed . . try booting with just the 128 in and post back with the result __________________ Rich MemTest86 \| BenchTest \| Virus/Trojan/Spyware Help How to post a Screen Shot \| PC running slow?

10-18-2008, 11:09 AM	#3 (permalink)
uvreddy Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 3 OS: Winxp	Re: Ram is shown 160mb instead of 384mb Hi, I tried with only 128mb stick. It logged and showing ram memory 128mb fine. I tried with only 256mb. It is showing only 32mb and not logged in. That's why it is showing 128 +32 = 160mb on logging in with two sticks. If the ram has any problem it should fail completly. But why it is showing 32mb in the initial screen. How can we free the remaining memory of 256 slot. Thanks for your help. Venkat.

10-18-2008, 11:14 AM	#4 (permalink)
simpswr Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: May 2007 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 12,269 OS: XP, Vista, Win 7	Re: Ram is shown 160mb instead of 384mb Look in BIOS to see how much it is recognizing __________________ Rich MemTest86 \| BenchTest \| Virus/Trojan/Spyware Help How to post a Screen Shot \| PC running slow?

10-18-2008, 12:15 PM	#5 (permalink)
uvreddy Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 3 OS: Winxp	Re: Ram is shown 160mb instead of 384mb In BIOS it is showing as Base Memory 640k Extended Memory 161792k Total Memory 162816k Totally it is showing as 160MB

10-18-2008, 01:18 PM	#6 (permalink)
simpswr Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: May 2007 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 12,269 OS: XP, Vista, Win 7	Re: Ram is shown 160mb instead of 384mb Sounds like the 256 stick has failed and need to be replaced __________________ Rich MemTest86 \| BenchTest \| Virus/Trojan/Spyware Help How to post a Screen Shot \| PC running slow?