RAM question

13 Feb 2005 3:06 AM

Tom Mc

I've recently installed a second 256 Mb RAM card in my ABIT motherboard.
When the BIOS boot up it displays the RAM as being 512, which is correct (2
x 256 ).

I am running WindowsXP Home edition on that machine and when I run "My
Computer Info" the hardware profile is only showing 256 Mb of RAM.

Does this mean that WindowsXP is only recognizing one of the RAM cards? If
so how can I correct this.

Thanks in advance for any help you might be able to provide.

Tom

13 Feb 2005 5:14 PM

RBM

On my board, it makes a difference which slots the ram sticks are in,when
used in pairs. Just be sure you've got them in the right slots
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"Tom Mc" <th***@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
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> I've recently installed a second 256 Mb RAM card in my ABIT motherboard.
> When the BIOS boot up it displays the RAM as being 512, which is correct
> (2
> x 256 ).
>
> I am running WindowsXP Home edition on that machine and when I run "My
> Computer Info" the hardware profile is only showing 256 Mb of RAM.
>
> Does this mean that WindowsXP is only recognizing one of the RAM cards?
> If
> so how can I correct this.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help you might be able to provide.
>
> Tom
>
>