vista x64 & 4 gig of ram
 

I just upgraded my ram from 2 gig to 4 gig on an Acer 5680 laptop Vista
ultimate x 64,As far as i know vista 64 should unleash the 4 gig of ram but
what i see is installed memory 3gig ,total physical memory 3gig, how can i
unleash the 4 gig?

Re: vista x64 & 4 gig of ram
 

In order to gain access to the RAM that is otherwise hidden by the
addressing for built in things like video, etc., you need to make a change
to your BIOS. Everyone version of BIOS seems to call it something slightly
different, and there are some that don't have the capability for it. But
look for "remap" or "memory hole" or something similar and enable the
remapping.

This will then require a full, hard, reboot.

--
Charlie.
http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel


"karakazan" <karakazan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I just upgraded my ram from 2 gig to 4 gig on an Acer 5680 laptop Vista
> ultimate x 64,As far as i know vista 64 should unleash the 4 gig of ram
> but
> what i see is installed memory 3gig ,total physical memory 3gig, how can i
> unleash the 4 gig?

Re: vista x64 & 4 gig of ram
 

Not to bicker, but exiting BIOS Setup executes a Cold-Boot by default - and
I don't even think you can circumvent that in any way!


Tony. . .



"Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote in message
news:3C9BE828-471E-4D11-8091-18FBC01D4AB3@microsoft.com...
> In order to gain access to the RAM that is otherwise hidden by the
> addressing for built in things like video, etc., you need to make a change
> to your BIOS. Everyone version of BIOS seems to call it something slightly
> different, and there are some that don't have the capability for it. But
> look for "remap" or "memory hole" or something similar and enable the
> remapping.
>
> This will then require a full, hard, reboot.
>
> --
> Charlie.
> http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel
>
>
> "karakazan" <karakazan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:24573910-6A90-493D-B4C0-4CDF12A37627@microsoft.com...
> >I just upgraded my ram from 2 gig to 4 gig on an Acer 5680 laptop Vista
> > ultimate x 64,As far as i know vista 64 should unleash the 4 gig of ram
> > but
> > what i see is installed memory 3gig ,total physical memory 3gig, how can
i
> > unleash the 4 gig?
>

Re: vista x64 & 4 gig of ram
 

In most bios setups, you can circumvent it by discarding changes as you exit
:-)


"Tony Sperling" <tony.sperling@dbREMOVEmail.dk> wrote in message
news:uhtTPRMuIHA.1768@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Not to bicker, but exiting BIOS Setup executes a Cold-Boot by default -
> and
> I don't even think you can circumvent that in any way!
>
>
> Tony. . .
>
>
>
> "Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote in message
> news:3C9BE828-471E-4D11-8091-18FBC01D4AB3@microsoft.com...
>> In order to gain access to the RAM that is otherwise hidden by the
>> addressing for built in things like video, etc., you need to make a
>> change
>> to your BIOS. Everyone version of BIOS seems to call it something
>> slightly
>> different, and there are some that don't have the capability for it. But
>> look for "remap" or "memory hole" or something similar and enable the
>> remapping.
>>
>> This will then require a full, hard, reboot.
>>
>> --
>> Charlie.
>> http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel
>>
>>
>> "karakazan" <karakazan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:24573910-6A90-493D-B4C0-4CDF12A37627@microsoft.com...
>> >I just upgraded my ram from 2 gig to 4 gig on an Acer 5680 laptop Vista
>> > ultimate x 64,As far as i know vista 64 should unleash the 4 gig of ram
>> > but
>> > what i see is installed memory 3gig ,total physical memory 3gig, how
>> > can
> i
>> > unleash the 4 gig?
>>
>
>

Re: vista x64 & 4 gig of ram
 

O.K. - that I didn't know. Thanks, got to check it out!


Tony. . .


"Zootal" <msnews@zootal.nospam.com> wrote in message
news:%23iWmNMQuIHA.4952@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> In most bios setups, you can circumvent it by discarding changes as you
exit
> :-)
>
>
> "Tony Sperling" <tony.sperling@dbREMOVEmail.dk> wrote in message
> news:uhtTPRMuIHA.1768@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> > Not to bicker, but exiting BIOS Setup executes a Cold-Boot by default -
> > and
> > I don't even think you can circumvent that in any way!
> >
> >
> > Tony. . .
> >
> >
> >
> > "Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote in
message
> > news:3C9BE828-471E-4D11-8091-18FBC01D4AB3@microsoft.com...
> >> In order to gain access to the RAM that is otherwise hidden by the
> >> addressing for built in things like video, etc., you need to make a
> >> change
> >> to your BIOS. Everyone version of BIOS seems to call it something
> >> slightly
> >> different, and there are some that don't have the capability for it.
But
> >> look for "remap" or "memory hole" or something similar and enable the
> >> remapping.
> >>
> >> This will then require a full, hard, reboot.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Charlie.
> >> http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64
> >> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel
> >>
> >>
> >> "karakazan" <karakazan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:24573910-6A90-493D-B4C0-4CDF12A37627@microsoft.com...
> >> >I just upgraded my ram from 2 gig to 4 gig on an Acer 5680 laptop
Vista
> >> > ultimate x 64,As far as i know vista 64 should unleash the 4 gig of
ram
> >> > but
> >> > what i see is installed memory 3gig ,total physical memory 3gig, how
> >> > can
> > i
> >> > unleash the 4 gig?
> >>
> >
> >
>
>

Re: vista x64 & 4 gig of ram
 

Also, just to be clear - there are some BIOSs that will make a change and
then continue on. They're relatively less common, and the typical AMI BIOS
will never do that. But I have seen them.

--
Charlie.
http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel


"Tony Sperling" <tony.sperling@dbREMOVEmail.dk> wrote in message
news:eGDgV1QuIHA.2064@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> O.K. - that I didn't know. Thanks, got to check it out!
>
>
> Tony. . .
>
>
> "Zootal" <msnews@zootal.nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:%23iWmNMQuIHA.4952@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> In most bios setups, you can circumvent it by discarding changes as you
> exit
>> :-)
>>
>>
>> "Tony Sperling" <tony.sperling@dbREMOVEmail.dk> wrote in message
>> news:uhtTPRMuIHA.1768@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> > Not to bicker, but exiting BIOS Setup executes a Cold-Boot by default -
>> > and
>> > I don't even think you can circumvent that in any way!
>> >
>> >
>> > Tony. . .
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > "Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote in
> message
>> > news:3C9BE828-471E-4D11-8091-18FBC01D4AB3@microsoft.com...
>> >> In order to gain access to the RAM that is otherwise hidden by the
>> >> addressing for built in things like video, etc., you need to make a
>> >> change
>> >> to your BIOS. Everyone version of BIOS seems to call it something
>> >> slightly
>> >> different, and there are some that don't have the capability for it.
> But
>> >> look for "remap" or "memory hole" or something similar and enable the
>> >> remapping.
>> >>
>> >> This will then require a full, hard, reboot.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Charlie.
>> >> http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64
>> >> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "karakazan" <karakazan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:24573910-6A90-493D-B4C0-4CDF12A37627@microsoft.com...
>> >> >I just upgraded my ram from 2 gig to 4 gig on an Acer 5680 laptop
> Vista
>> >> > ultimate x 64,As far as i know vista 64 should unleash the 4 gig of
> ram
>> >> > but
>> >> > what i see is installed memory 3gig ,total physical memory 3gig, how
>> >> > can
>> > i
>> >> > unleash the 4 gig?
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>