6G RAM installed, 5.6G reported

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Man-wai Chang ToDie

Motherboard: Asus M2N-E (nForce 570 Ultra)

Total DDR2-800 RAM = 2x1+2x2G = 6G

However, 64-bit Vi$ta reports only 5.6G. Why? Do I need a memory patch?

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Man-wai Chang ToDie said:
Motherboard: Asus M2N-E (nForce 570 Ultra)

Total DDR2-800 RAM = 2x1+2x2G = 6G

However, 64-bit Vi$ta reports only 5.6G. Why? Do I need a memory patch?
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How is memory remapping configured in bios?
 
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Man-wai Chang ToDie

Motherboard: Asus M2N-E (nForce 570 Ultra)
How is memory remapping configured in bios?
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I don't see any memory remap function in the BIOS.... how's it called by
Nvidia?


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Ken Blake, MVP

Motherboard: Asus M2N-E (nForce 570 Ultra)

Total DDR2-800 RAM = 2x1+2x2G = 6G

However, 64-bit Vi$ta reports only 5.6G. Why?
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Because you have video support on the motherboard instead of a
separate video card, some of your RAM is being used for video support
and isn't directly available to Windows.
 
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Man-wai Chang ToDie

Because you have video support on the motherboard instead of a
separate video card, some of your RAM is being used for video support
and isn't directly available to Windows.
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I am using a 8600GT display card, and as far as a I know, M2N-E doesn't
have on-board video. So is there a way to release that 512M RAM?

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Man-wai Chang ToDie

Rick said:
If it's shared video, then it'd report 7.6GB instead of 5.6GB. The max
memory in the M2N-E is 8GB, and you may also need to map around the
memory hole if it's not shared.
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Can't see anything related to "remap" in BIOS screen....

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Man-wai Chang ToDie

No patch necessary (not that there is one), you likely have shared
You'd waste your money.
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Thanks. But then DDR2 RAM modules are cheap these days. :)

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