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Thread ID: 127642	2012-11-04 07:17:00	Windows 8, 64bit, only half ram recognized	Tbird650 (6754)	Press F1

Post ID	Timestamp	Content	User
1310454	2012-11-05 05:11:00	Confirmed. Same colour slots has been tried. Still no go.	Tbird650 (6754)
1310455	2012-11-06 04:54:00	Here's a screenshot attached of the committed, available, paged, cached etc memory. Am hoping this is a good clue. Any thoughts? Thanks.	Tbird650 (6754)
1310456	2012-11-06 08:02:00	I'll compare that screen shot to my Win 8 box at the office tomorrow and see if it gives any clues.	Iantech (16386)
1310457	2012-11-06 21:29:00	It doesnt really help much. I am a bit lost as to interpret what it means under the committed line. (1.0/4.0 Gb on your one). My one says 1.0/16.0 Gb , yet only has 8 Gb installed, I need to try and find out more. But your initial issue is getting the RAM to be recognised by the BIOS first. I have had a motherboard several years ago that was running 1Gb RAM with Vista and I went to upgrade it had similar issues, the RAM would work in either slot, but not both at once - it wouldnt even boot, it also spat the dummy putting a single 2Gb stick in it. Gave up, quoted the client for a replacement motherboard etc. They didnt want to spent the $$$ and as far as I know they are still using it as-is. I cant remember if it was AMD or not and what MBoard it had in it. So it might be one of those things....	Iantech (16386)
1310458	2012-11-06 22:09:00	In my limited experience I know of one laptop, which I still have, and two desktops that either identical ram slice will work fine in any socket but with both in only one is recognized no matter what positioning is used. I have tried everything I can think of, researching, repeating tests, with the laptop but can't fix it, extremely annoying.	zqwerty (97)
1310459	2012-11-07 00:46:00	It does sound like either the Motherboard is a little faulty or the RAM type is not 100% compatible. The first time I went all out (for me) on a new build I got a motherboard (very nice looking XFX socket 1366 when they first came out) that refused to recognise the 3 RAM chips in any configuration but would work with any one in any slot and with any two in a particular pair of slots in single channel mode but if I plugged all 3 in it either wouldn't boot or would show only 1 stick worth of capacity. The point is those similar symptoms were all cause by the motherboard, I sent it back and changed to an Asus board and all the problems went away. The RAM was not faulty and it was the right type in theory. I have since started to pay more attention to the compatibilty lists on manufacturers websites, but unfortunately they seem to list the models least likely to be available here.	dugimodo (138)
1310460	2012-11-07 01:06:00	I just downloaded the manual and skimmed through the memory configurations it lists. I note some RAM types in the tables are ONLY listed as supported as a single chip in any slot while others are listed as supported for dual channel mode in multiple slots. It's possible the RAM he has is not supported for the configuration he's trying to use. It's not an comprehensive list in the manual but the one A-Data DDR2-800 module it lists (256MB only) is not supported for dual channel mode.	dugimodo (138)
1310461	2012-11-07 01:23:00	Bummer. As for the 4gb showing, that'll include page file I believe. oh and edit, have you tried getting it to show in CPU-Z?	8ftmetalhaed (14526)
1310462	2012-11-07 01:38:00	Bummer. As for the 4gb showing, that'll include page file I believe. oh and edit, have you tried getting it to show in CPU-Z?Just checked, makes sence. Advanced Performance Options shows pagefile as 8192MB. My Win 8 shows a hiberfil.sys (6,703,708 KB), pagefile.sys (8,388,608 KB) and a swapfile.sys (262,144 KB). ..... often refered to the page file as the swap file, looks like its something different now.	Iantech (16386)
1310463	2012-11-11 06:35:00	CPU-z shows the attached image: What's also interesting is the fact that while the board is said to take 2GB dimms, there aren't any 'as recommended' on the M2NPV-MX Qualified Vendors List (QVL) DDR2-800	Tbird650 (6754)
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