vista new ram detection

[bobtrafford]

hi,

i recently installed (physically, at least) an extra 1gb ram on my asus laptop, and found immediately that in vista's 'system properties', and others, it still read 2gb and not the 3 i was hoping for. however, having searched on google for things like 'vista ram detect' etc. and having been lead to an answer on this site, i downloaded pc wizard 09 to get my full computer details (below) as that seemed to be a useful thing to do before posting on here, and pc wizard seems to acknowledge that i have an extra 1gb 'physical memory' (see the arrow on my computer details). so.. does this mean the extra 1gb is taking effect anyway, and vista's 'system properties' or whatever just hasn't noticed? or because vista hasn't noticed, is it still not working how it should?

thanks a lot,

bob


> Mainboard : ASUSTeK Computer Inc. F5RL
> Chipset : ATI RS400/RC400/RC410
> Processor : Intel Core 2 Duo Mobile T5750 @ 2000 MHz
> Physical Memory : 3072 MB <------
> Video Card : ATI RADEON XPRESS 1100
> Hard Disk : ST9160821AS (160 GB)
> DVD-Rom Drive : Slimtype DVD A DS8A1P ATA Device
> DVD-Rom Drive : XMDIPS LM3ODARS SCSI CdRom Device
> Monitor Type : 20 inches
> Network Card : AR5007 802.11a/b/g Wireless Network Adapter
> Network Card : L2 Fast Ethernet 10/100Base-T Controller
> Operating System : Windows Vista (TM) Home Premium Home Edition 6.00.6001 Service Pack 1

[cksboy15]

If the video card 1GB? If so that would be why you only see 2GB and not 3.

[Aaron_8015]

Quote:

Originally Posted by cksboy15

If the video card 1GB? If so that would be why you only see 2GB and not 3.

Quote:

> Mainboard : ASUSTeK Computer Inc. F5RL
> Chipset : ATI RS400/RC400/RC410
> Processor : Intel Core 2 Duo Mobile T5750 @ 2000 MHz
> Physical Memory : 3072 MB <------
> Video Card : ATI RADEON XPRESS 1100
> Hard Disk : ST9160821AS (160 GB)
> DVD-Rom Drive : Slimtype DVD A DS8A1P ATA Device
> DVD-Rom Drive : XMDIPS LM3ODARS SCSI CdRom Device
> Monitor Type : 20 inches
> Network Card : AR5007 802.11a/b/g Wireless Network Adapter
> Network Card : L2 Fast Ethernet 10/100Base-T Controller
> Operating System : Windows Vista (TM) Home Premium Home Edition 6.00.6001 Service Pack 1

[cksboy15]

I called it a video card cause thats what he listed it as. So to allow to understand what I was talking about I said video card.

[Aaron_8015]

And the penny drops.....

[bobtrafford]

this is what pc wizard gave me about my video card, does this make anything clearer?

Manufacturer : ATI Technologies
Model : ATI RADEON XPRESS 1100
Bus Type : PCI
Total Memory : 128 MB
Texture Memory : 831 MB
Processor : ATI Radeon Xpress Series (0x5A62)
Converter : Internal DAC(400MHz)
Refresh Rate (min/max) : 59/59 Hz

[cksboy15]

okay your video card or as it is actually called on board graphics take only 129MB which means you should be able to see 2.87GB.

The only answer I can come up with is that your motherboard cannot support 3GBs of memory. PC wizard on the oher hand says you have 3GB which I cannot explain why it says that.

[bobtrafford]

ahh no worries, thanks for the help anyway. if you think of anything, let me know!

cheers

[2monsters]

cksboy15 was right. Your computer only supports 2GB of ram according to these specs:
ASUS F5Rl B2 - Core 2 Duo T5750 2 GHz - 15.4" TFT specs and Laptop specifications - CNET Reviews

[Aaron_8015]

What I dont get is you purchased a 1gb stick and put it into a laptop with 2gb. As it only has two slots that would lead me to believe you had 1 2gb stick in there already.....



Look here and see how much it mentions.

According to crucial it also states max 2gb..... If that is indeed your laptop....

Computer memory upgrades for ASUS F5Rl Laptop/Notebook from Crucial.com