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    Asus A8JM

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by Hatchy, Feb 25, 2008.

  1. Hatchy

    Hatchy Newbie

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    Hi Everyone,
    I read on a post here that the asus a8jm takes 4gb ram. So I went out and bought 2 x 2gb.
    I've put it in and now it says i've got 2.8GB.
    Any advice?
    I run opensuse 10.3.
    Cheers
    Josh
     
    Hatchy, Feb 25, 2008
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  2. E.B.E.

    E.B.E. NBR Procrastinator

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    There are many threads about these RAM limitations... it can be because of many things: hardware limitations, BIOS limitations, and last but NOT LEAST, 32-bit addressing limitations.
     
    E.B.E., Feb 26, 2008
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  3. nickie

    nickie Notebook Consultant

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    This is a chipset limitation. Only with santa rosa you are able to use 4gb of ram. With the previous platform, which is you case, the chipset only "sees" 3gb, no mater the OS you have installed (32bits or 64bits)
     
    nickie, Feb 26, 2008
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  4. Hatchy

    Hatchy Newbie

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    Ok,
    So i'm stuffed - there's 1gb sitting in my lappy that'll stay idle forever.
    Oh well.
     
    Hatchy, Feb 27, 2008
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