Not showing RAM installed?


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On my fresh install on 7 RC (build 7100) there is no RAM showing up as installed under system properties, however, and obviously there is RAM in this system (4GB Crucial Ballistics) anyone else experience this issue or know what causes it?

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On my fresh install on 7 RC (build 7100) there is no RAM showing up as installed under system properties, however, and obviously there is RAM in this system (4GB Crucial Ballistics) anyone else experience this issue or know what causes it?

It was a temp bug that's been already fixed on current builds.

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If that is the case, then why does my roommates system show RAM installed? his system is the same as mine, with the exception of the brand of RAM.

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If that is the case, then why does my roommates system show RAM installed? his system is the same as mine, with the exception of the brand of RAM.

Because its a bug. It doesn't always incorrectly report the RAM only in certain configurations.

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If that is the case, then why does my roommates system show RAM installed? his system is the same as mine, with the exception of the brand of RAM.
You pretty much answered your own question...
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i got 4gb of ram but mine is only showing up 3.15 usable

That is because you are using the 32 bit version. To get full use of your RAM you will need to install the 64 bit version.

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yeah, because MS limits the RAM to 3,25GB. Theoretical x86 Vista can uses much more RAM by using PAE.

It's not microsoft. It's the architecture.

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I'm using the 64 bit version, and that still does not explain why no RAM is listed, even if this were the X86 build it would still report some RAM, correct?

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i got 4gb of ram but mine is only showing up 3.15 usable

Then ask yourself the following questions:

Is any system RAM dedicated to other tasks by the BIOS (BIOS cache, graphics, etc.)?

Are you running a 32-bit version of Windows? (The 4 GB addressible limit of 32-bit Windows does include any RAM on your graphics card; with 512 MB routine even for the low-end, and 1 GB *midrange* graphics cards becoming commonplace, I would recommend 64-bit for this reason alone, if I didn't recommend it already for other reasons.)

I just upgraded my daily beater (running 7232 64-bit) from the single gigabyte I've been running since I built the system in the first place to three gigabytes (tripling it). I still have a 1 GB stick I can install (topping the motherboard out at its 4 GB ceiling); however, I'm *already* beyond where any PC I have personally owned has ever gone in the memory department! (Before I upgraded I had my NOrthweood-C stuffed with 2.5 GB; however, that memory was actually underclocked.)

Now I have to get used to actually having a RAM *surplus* again....

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I'm using the 64 bit version, and that still does not explain why no RAM is listed, even if this were the X86 build it would still report some RAM, correct?

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Because you are testing an unfinished Operating System and that is an known BUG that has been fixed!

Testing means use it and see if everything works fine before release - Congratulations you have found a bug!(wasn?t that the hole purpose to begin with)

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It's not microsoft. It's the architecture.

no, stop posting such nonsense of things you DON'T UNDERSTAND.

MS limits the max Memory in x86 Win NT6.x and Client 5.x Systems. With PAE you're able to address a lot more RAM. Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x86 can use 32 GB of RAM ;)

NT6.x calls the function ZwQueryLicenseValue to detect the licensed memory. You can patch the kernel (but you have to switch to test mode because the signature of the kernel is broken after patching) to ignore this and have more usable RAM in x86 Windows.

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