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    studio xps 1640 ram issues

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by oxide., Jan 23, 2011.

  1. oxide.

    oxide. Notebook Enthusiast

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    So my ram has always displayed 4 gigs of ram installed including in bios and in system information. although when i go here
    start>run>msconfig>boot tab>advanced options>

    max processors are 2 and up to about a week ago is displayed max ram=4096
    well now its only shows 3072, which is only 3 gigs. So my question is why is this happening now? i have changed ram out so i doubt all my ddr3 sticks are ALL bad. has anyone else had this issue or know a way to fix it?

    some system specs

    Studio xps 1640
    pm45 chipset
    ati radeon 3670
    p8700 duo @2.53
    Vista 64
     
    oxide., Jan 23, 2011
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    chewyeong90 Notebook Evangelist

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    when you right click on your computer > properties , what does the Installed Ram says ?
     
    chewyeong90, Jan 24, 2011
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  3. oxide.

    oxide. Notebook Enthusiast

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    4 gigs but its like only allowing three to be used
     
    oxide., Jan 25, 2011
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