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03-16-2009, 11:52 PM
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oh you just look so big
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WTF??? 2GB + 2GB = 3GB? What's going on with my RAM?
Help! Up until today I've been running 2.5 GB of RAM (2GB + 512MB) in my laptop (Toshiba Satellite 100 -036), but lately I've been doing a lot of photoshopping while listening to music and surfing the web and it's been a little choppy, so I went out and bought another 2GB stick.
I put it in, restarted my computer, it recognized the new hardware, gave my computer a higher Windows rating and all, but when I check, it says I only have 3 GB of RAM. What gives?
As far as I knew 32-bit Vista (which is my OS) was capable of recognizing up to 3.5 GB of RAM...is my new RAM simply mis-labelled? (it's a Cruical one from BestBuy).
Thanks.
EDIT: well, according to some of the stuff I've read it's because I don't have SP1...is that true?
Last edited by B4N M3; 03-17-2009 at 12:20 AM.
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03-17-2009, 12:59 AM
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Trollollolloing RS sine 2005
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y not update to SP1 and see? plus u should always be the most update to date with any service pack releases.
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03-17-2009, 02:22 AM
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Rs has made me the man i am today!
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if you really want to see if its miss labeled just take out your original ram and check with just your new stick in
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03-17-2009, 07:22 AM
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oh you just look so big
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I'm downloading it right now (didn't want to start it yesterday 'cuz I wanted to go to sleep lol)
urrrh: while that's an easy way to test it, I don't like monkeying around too much with the computer and if I don't have to take out/put RAM back in if I don't have to, I'd rather not. The screw for the door is already a little stripped haha.
I'll let you guys know if SP1 solves my problem...
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03-17-2009, 08:01 AM
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I subscribe to Revscene
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SP1 will just TELL YOU that you have 4gigs of ram, but it won't be able to utilize it.
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03-17-2009, 08:48 AM
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I Will not Admit my Addiction to RS
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32bit OS's only recognizes up to a total of 4gig ram including your video. So if you have a 500mb video card ram, the rest of your system ram is basically un-utilized... I had this same problem too 
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03-17-2009, 11:14 AM
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Wunder? Wonder?? Wander???
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if you want to make use of your ram (or more) grab a 64 bit OS and you should be able to see and utilize all the ram
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03-17-2009, 03:29 PM
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oh you just look so big
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Thanks for the replies...I tried downloading SP1, but the bastard won't install...I hate Windows.
Even so, it's noticeably faster with the new RAM than it was before...I'm very happy
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