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Thread ID: 16456	2002-03-09 10:00:00	the case of the missing RAM	Guest (0)	Press F1

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38424	2002-03-09 10:00:00	Hi, I've got a comp, and at start up it counts up 32meg of ram, but in the bios and in windows it says there is only 15meg, i've looked in the bios and there seems to be nothing about memory limits or anything. Any sugestions?? Thanx	Guest (0)
38425	2002-03-09 20:18:00	I can't figure that one out. Unless you have two banks of 16mb installed, and one is a bit faulty, or a different sort, or maybe in the bios the settings for each of the banks is different. Set the banks to 'auto' in the bios if possible.	Guest (0)
38426	2002-03-10 00:10:00	do you know where i can set the banks to auto, i've looked everywhere in the bios and can't find anything Thanx	Guest (0)
38427	2002-03-10 02:55:00	This is a BIOS setting. It will be in an 'advanced' page. Look for 'Memory Hole 15-16MB', and disable it. It's used to handle some ISA boards which can't handle memory that big. The first site telling about it found with Google ('15MB memory hole bios') was: www.msi-computer.cz/support/techexpress/biosetup.htm (or 'biossetup.htm'? -- I wrote it down, and can't read my writing).	Guest (0)
38428	2002-03-10 03:51:00	Thanks, i saw that in the bios, i thought it looked strange. Thanks a heap	Guest (0)
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