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    Acer 5583 Bsod on 4 gb ram

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by jck, Jan 2, 2009.

  1. jck

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    im getting a bsod or it dosent boot when there is 4 gb ram but it works fine on 2 or 2.5 gb , what should i do reply quick im at the shop
     
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    Have you updated the BIOS to the latest version ? Try different slots and modules.

    Tried 2+1GB ?
     
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    yeah i updated the bios and it worked :D as expected win xp x86 shows only 3 gb of ram. but even the bios shows only 3 gb.. isnt it supposd to show 4 gb?
     
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    lol i went to acer panam site this time and found newer version of bios which claimed to "Addresses dual RAM module issues. " and after flashing to that version my comp wasnt booting with 4 gb ram but bios showed 3330 mb ram or something so now i took out 1 ram stick

    where can i get latest version of phoenix bios? the phoenix site takes me to biosagentplus.com in which i need to buy an account to get latest bios version
    :-/
     
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    Download v3508 from here.

    The notebook has a 32-bit memory controller, so ~3GB is the max.
     
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    even if i install 64 bit operating system?
     
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    It is a physical limitation. Nothing to do with the OS.
     
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    thanks a lot , andy this version detects only 3070 mb but it boots...
     
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    Thats fine. There was a bug with the GPU when 3.3GB RAM is detected, which was corrected somehow by limiting it to 3GB.
     
    Andy, Jan 2, 2009
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    jck Please do not multipost, use the "Edit" button instead. Some posts have been merged.
     
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    i guess i'd never use 4 gb anyway :eek:)
    and also i think there's no point using xp now, superfetch would help a lot.
    win server 2008 x64 here i come!



    edit : sorry for the multiposts
     
    jck, Jan 2, 2009
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