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    hardware checking software

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by soledadaztec18, Aug 4, 2007.

  1. soledadaztec18

    soledadaztec18 Notebook Consultant

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    is there any freeware program out there that i can use to see if any of my hardware components have failed? i have 4 GB of ram in my system, im using xp 64 bit and only 3 gb is showing up.. help plz??
     
    soledadaztec18, Aug 4, 2007
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  2. baddogboxer

    baddogboxer Notebook Deity

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    CPU-Z will tell you your RAM and maybe even tell you which stick is not reporting. Let me look more.
     
    baddogboxer, Aug 4, 2007
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  3. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Some laptops are not going to see all 4GB even with a 64bit OS...it has to do with hardware limitations. If some of your RAM wasn't working, none of your RAM would be working.
     
    Greg, Aug 4, 2007
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    If some of your ram wasen't working(asumming you have 2*2GB sticks), it would show up as 2GB(one stick is faulty) or none at all(both sticks are faulty).
     
    allan_huang, Aug 4, 2007
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    So I guess tell us your notebook, maybe figure what is going on?

    Edit: and tell us exactly what OS.
     
    baddogboxer, Aug 4, 2007
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    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    He's got XP-64. There is only one version of that.

    Go ahead and run CPU-Z, I'm pretty sure you'll find the chipset has a 4GB addressing limit...which is why you still cannot see all 4GB of RAM with a 64bit OS. Some of that address space is still being borrowed for hardware addressing.
     
    Greg, Aug 4, 2007
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    AKAJohnDoe Mime with Tourette's

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    Not necessarily, but it should show up as missing at boot-up by the BIOS.
     
    AKAJohnDoe, Aug 4, 2007
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