Hi guys,
I am running an Athlon 3000+ venice core on a asus a8n-e motherboard with geforce 6800gt,80GB SATA and 1 GB of DDR400 ram (2*512Mb transcend).
I formatted my hard drive and installed windows xp.In the system column it showed my total ram as only 480MB.Thus i removed the ram and tried the modules independently and the RAM modules were working fine in all the slots.Then i got a doubt and tried CPUZ.It showed that I had two ram modules installed and working in dual channel mode.Then I tried Asus PC probe and again it shows two modules running.I then diabled dual channel mode and tried running the RAM modules in single channel mode and CPUZ showed the ram modules running in single channel mode.I then reverted back to dual channel and in microsoft help page ( inside windows xp) , I tried getting the "General system information" and here it identified as having 1 GB of RAM,
but when I tried running Dxdiag or checking for system properties it shows only 480MB of ram in what ever configuration.I re-formatted adn installed windows xp even then the same issue lingers
then I tried running different configuaration tools one tool ASTRA showed a facinating result , it shows the system memory as 480MB but two RAM of 512 MB installed.In the BIOS it shows the installed memory as 1024MB.
Then I tried running Windows Memory diagnostic ( A stand alone appliciation , without the OS) and it returned as showing no errors.After this I tried running GoldMemory in quick mode for both Auto detection and BIOS and here also it shows the installed memory as 1023MB.
Then I tried running in 512MB alone in all the modules and all the results are similar and windows shows as 480MB even now.I tried changing slots, reverting the clock speed to default state ( only the Venice was overclocked).All the OS less applicaitions shows the memory as 1024 (including BIOS) but windows shows as only 480MB ( with or without chipset drivers).I re-formatted adn installed XP once more , gain the same issue.
The next thing i can try to do is instal Linux and see what happens but this is a messy buisness and something which I can live without if I can resolve the issue.
I have attached the screen shots of all the tests run,System information and Dxdiag shows the memory as just 480MB.I believe that i am missing something but do not know what and i am really stumped.I would like to thank in advance for any advice any of U guys can render.
I am running an Athlon 3000+ venice core on a asus a8n-e motherboard with geforce 6800gt,80GB SATA and 1 GB of DDR400 ram (2*512Mb transcend).
I formatted my hard drive and installed windows xp.In the system column it showed my total ram as only 480MB.Thus i removed the ram and tried the modules independently and the RAM modules were working fine in all the slots.Then i got a doubt and tried CPUZ.It showed that I had two ram modules installed and working in dual channel mode.Then I tried Asus PC probe and again it shows two modules running.I then diabled dual channel mode and tried running the RAM modules in single channel mode and CPUZ showed the ram modules running in single channel mode.I then reverted back to dual channel and in microsoft help page ( inside windows xp) , I tried getting the "General system information" and here it identified as having 1 GB of RAM,
but when I tried running Dxdiag or checking for system properties it shows only 480MB of ram in what ever configuration.I re-formatted adn installed windows xp even then the same issue lingers
then I tried running different configuaration tools one tool ASTRA showed a facinating result , it shows the system memory as 480MB but two RAM of 512 MB installed.In the BIOS it shows the installed memory as 1024MB.
Then I tried running Windows Memory diagnostic ( A stand alone appliciation , without the OS) and it returned as showing no errors.After this I tried running GoldMemory in quick mode for both Auto detection and BIOS and here also it shows the installed memory as 1023MB.
Then I tried running in 512MB alone in all the modules and all the results are similar and windows shows as 480MB even now.I tried changing slots, reverting the clock speed to default state ( only the Venice was overclocked).All the OS less applicaitions shows the memory as 1024 (including BIOS) but windows shows as only 480MB ( with or without chipset drivers).I re-formatted adn installed XP once more , gain the same issue.
The next thing i can try to do is instal Linux and see what happens but this is a messy buisness and something which I can live without if I can resolve the issue.
I have attached the screen shots of all the tests run,System information and Dxdiag shows the memory as just 480MB.I believe that i am missing something but do not know what and i am really stumped.I would like to thank in advance for any advice any of U guys can render.