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3GB of RAM showing up as 2GB
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Last year I built a Core i7 920 system based on the ASUS P6T Deluxe motherboard. I have 3x1GB of DDR3 (triple-channel configuration), but only 2GB is being reported by: Windows XP, CPU-Z, the BIOS. Is this a hardware problem, or is the third gigabyte of RAM being reserved by the system for video ca…
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Fix for: 3GB of RAM showing up as 2GB
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If the BIOS is reporting 2Gb, then it's a hardware or BIOS problem, nothing to do with XP. First thing I'd do is try the RAM two sticks at a time to see whether they're all good. Second thing would be checking if a BIOS upgrade is available.
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