I hade Vista 64 Ultimate running on an Intel DG965WH motherboard with 8 GB
RAM. Vista was very slow. Logitech camera showed garbled picture.
I cut visible RAM to 4095 MB in msconfig. Vista now boots at least twice as
fast,
is more responsive and the Webcam picture is superb!

Computers are fun!

Tom Lake

Update the BIOS on your mobo and you may well get all eight firing well..

--
Mike Hall - MVP
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx




<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I hade Vista 64 Ultimate running on an Intel DG965WH motherboard with 8 GB
> RAM. Vista was very slow. Logitech camera showed garbled picture.
> I cut visible RAM to 4095 MB in msconfig. Vista now boots at least twice
> as fast,
> is more responsive and the Webcam picture is superb!
>
> Computers are fun!
>
> Tom Lake

That sounds as if Vista cannot handle 8 GB...
What have you done Bill G?.
AAAAAARRRRRRGGGGGHHHHHH


<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I hade Vista 64 Ultimate running on an Intel DG965WH motherboard with 8 GB
> RAM. Vista was very slow. Logitech camera showed garbled picture.
> I cut visible RAM to 4095 MB in msconfig. Vista now boots at least twice
> as fast,
> is more responsive and the Webcam picture is superb!
>
> Computers are fun!
>
> Tom Lake

could be bad RAM, or mismatched RAM, etc.


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"Mr. Vista" <Mr. (E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> That sounds as if Vista cannot handle 8 GB...
> What have you done Bill G?.
> AAAAAARRRRRRGGGGGHHHHHH
>
>
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:A681A2D0-7C4B-49CB-8DB1-(E-Mail Removed)...
>>I hade Vista 64 Ultimate running on an Intel DG965WH motherboard with 8 GB
>> RAM. Vista was very slow. Logitech camera showed garbled picture.
>> I cut visible RAM to 4095 MB in msconfig. Vista now boots at least twice
>> as fast,
>> is more responsive and the Webcam picture is superb!
>>
>> Computers are fun!
>>
>> Tom Lake
>
>

"Mike Hall - MVP" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:#(E-Mail Removed)...
> Update the BIOS on your mobo and you may well get all eight firing well..

Unfortunately, the BIOS I have was released 11/25/07 8^(

Tom Lake

"Dave" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> could be bad RAM, or mismatched RAM, etc.

It's 4 sticks of G.Skill 2 GB RAM with identical specs. Also, it passes
Memtest diagnostics.
Is there a more comprehensive memory test program? I'd like to really root
out any
possible errors. Thanks!

Tom Lake

Are the Memory Hole (and MTRR, if available) BIOS settings set correctly for
more than 4GB of RAM?



<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
>
> "Mike Hall - MVP" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:#(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Update the BIOS on your mobo and you may well get all eight firing well..
>
> Unfortunately, the BIOS I have was released 11/25/07 8^(
>
> Tom Lake

"Dominic Payer" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Are the Memory Hole (and MTRR, if available) BIOS settings set correctly
> for more than 4GB of RAM?

Nah. This is an Intel motherboard. It doesn't allow access to any of those
parameters.
They simply aren't in the BIOS. Is there a way to open up hidden BIOS
options on an Intel
motherboard?

8^(

In article <A681A2D0-7C4B-49CB-8DB1-(E-Mail Removed)>, toml_
(E-Mail Removed) says...
> I hade Vista 64 Ultimate running on an Intel DG965WH motherboard with 8 GB
> RAM. Vista was very slow. Logitech camera showed garbled picture.
> I cut visible RAM to 4095 MB in msconfig. Vista now boots at least twice as
> fast,
> is more responsive and the Webcam picture is superb!

On the Intel website they state that 8GB of DDR2 RAM has to be a
specific speed and such or there will be issues.

A post on the web (not from me) indicates the following issues with 8GB
"I have 8GB of DDR2-800, and my Intel DG965WH motherboard only supports
4GB at that speed. I would have to drop to 533 or 667 DDR2's to go up to
8GB (and I can't just clock it down; I tried that)."


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AMD rulez.. :-)

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"Leythos" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> In article <A681A2D0-7C4B-49CB-8DB1-(E-Mail Removed)>, toml_
> (E-Mail Removed) says...
>> I hade Vista 64 Ultimate running on an Intel DG965WH motherboard with 8
>> GB
>> RAM. Vista was very slow. Logitech camera showed garbled picture.
>> I cut visible RAM to 4095 MB in msconfig. Vista now boots at least twice
>> as
>> fast,
>> is more responsive and the Webcam picture is superb!
>
> On the Intel website they state that 8GB of DDR2 RAM has to be a
> specific speed and such or there will be issues.
>
> A post on the web (not from me) indicates the following issues with 8GB
> "I have 8GB of DDR2-800, and my Intel DG965WH motherboard only supports
> 4GB at that speed. I would have to drop to 533 or 667 DDR2's to go up to
> 8GB (and I can't just clock it down; I tried that)."
>
>
> --
>
> Leythos
> - Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum.
> - Calling an illegal alien an "undocumented worker" is like calling a
> drug dealer an "unlicensed pharmacist"
> (E-Mail Removed) (remove 999 for proper email address)