vinifera Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 yeh I know it cannot be, but I don't mind having 3 and half gigs being used my question is, why is Windows 7 (sp1) so stupid ??? I havent changed any component in... 6 years yet few months ago before format and 4 gigs, it reckognised 3.5 GB RAM and now few weeks ago it only sees 3.25 GB RAM (as I changed slot) so who's stupid here ? -_- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 Need make and model of motherboard to start. What did you change the slot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinifera Posted May 5, 2016 Author Share Posted May 5, 2016 its MSI K9N Neo v1.0 (MS-7260) think RAM slot 1 died as the OS doesn't detect any stick init Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 So you have 1 4GB RAM stick in slot 2 then? The board was designed to have slot 1 populated. The manual states that memory needs to be in slot 1 in order for Cool'n'Quiet (AMD CPU Overheat protection) to function properly. Since you are operating on (presumed) faulty hardware, it may be difficult to say exactly why you have seen a change in the reported memory. It might have to do with an internal fault, a voltage difference, the memory failing, or an electrical difference within the system when using RAM in a different slot than designed especially if you have anything extra on the PCI bus. I tried to see if there was a Spec sheet for that board, but there doesn't seem to be one available. Without having additional hardware for testing, and another of the same board with the same BIOS version, you may never know for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinifera Posted May 6, 2016 Author Share Posted May 6, 2016 (edited) no no, i have 4 slots 1-empty 2-has stick of 2GB 3-has stick of 2GB 4-empty when i put stick in slot 1, its ignored by OS, and this isn't some stuff brand, its Transcend Edited May 9, 2016 by Tripredacus language Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 Ah ok. Put your RAM into slot 3 and 4 instead, leaving 1 and 2 empty, and see how that goes. The manual shows that as a supported dual-channel population. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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