I can't figure this indifference out

[Guest]

I have two pc3200 400 512mb mem modules simple enough right one gig
memory...System Info (My Computer right click Properties : State that I only
have 256 Memory)???? and Yet MSINFO32.exe says I have 1024 I would like to
know if there is a way to make windows accept my real memory or if I am just
screwed by the way I am running a
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 15 Model 28 Stepping 0 AuthenticAMD ~1599 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. Version 07.00T, 4/2/2001
SMBIOS Version 2.3
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180
(xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"
User Name RAMSERVER-ADMIN\Ken Farley
Time Zone Pacific Standard Time
Total Physical Memory 1,024.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 41.41 MB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
Page File Space 1.35 GB
Page File D:\pagefile.sys

and the my computer right click info says like I stated

Sincerely screwed on half a gig lol Hope someone out there has a answer for
me
thank you very much

 

[Jim Macklin]

How many RAM slots on the mobo and which ones are being
used? If you have 4 slots put the RAM in #1 and #3.



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message
|I have two pc3200 400 512mb mem modules simple enough right
one gig
| memory...System Info (My Computer right click Properties :
State that I only
| have 256 Memory)???? and Yet MSINFO32.exe says I have 1024
I would like to
| know if there is a way to make windows accept my real
memory or if I am just
| screwed by the way I am running a
| System Type X86-based PC
| Processor x86 Family 15 Model 28 Stepping 0 AuthenticAMD
~1599 Mhz
| BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. Version 07.00T,
4/2/2001
| SMBIOS Version 2.3
| Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
| System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
| Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
| Locale United States
| Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180
| (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"
| User Name RAMSERVER-ADMIN\Ken Farley
| Time Zone Pacific Standard Time
| Total Physical Memory 1,024.00 MB
| Available Physical Memory 41.41 MB
| Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
| Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
| Page File Space 1.35 GB
| Page File D:\pagefile.sys
|
| and the my computer right click info says like I stated
|
| Sincerely screwed on half a gig lol Hope someone out there
has a answer for
| me
| thank you very much

 

[Guest]

Thank you for solid advice no I only have two slots available and I have them
occupied according to the manual with slot 1 as double and slot two as a
single with reference to the ram chips I have installed , Heres one too add
too the puzzle even more win 98 recognizes them both and credits me with the
ram ??? go figure thank you kindly .

 

[Guest]

I'm sorry but this is unclear to me!! Can you explain?
slot 1 as double and slot two as a single with reference to the ram chips

Also, there must be something wrong with RAM!!
What does BIOS ram count show?

Also, Msinfo32 shows:
Total Physical Memory 1,024.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 41.41 MB
What are you running to have only 41.1 mb available?

Also, what does it show for Total and available in Task Manager?

Maybe test ram with memtest86!!