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    My HP Compaq nw8440 refuse to use 4 GB Ram :(

    Discussion in 'HP' started by DEagleson, Mar 21, 2009.

  1. DEagleson

    DEagleson Gamer extraordinaire

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    I felt that my notebook needed a ram upgrade so i checked online and it said that i could upgrade up to 4 GB.
    So i bought Kingston HyperX DDR2 4 GBset with two matched 2 GB chips.

    I changed ram and then booted up in Windows Server 2008 x64 and checked that is found the hardware upgrade and it said 4,00 GB Ram, but when i checked taskmanager it only used 3,5 GB.
    So i booted up an Kubuntu 8.10 x64 Live CD and checked there but now it used 3.3 GB.

    I flashed it with the newest Bios before doing the ram upgrade.

    Please, does anyone had a similar problem or something that could help me?
    Thanks in advance.
     
    DEagleson, Mar 21, 2009
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  2. chrixx

    chrixx Product Specialist NBR Reviewer

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    The nw8440 has the Mobile Intel 945GM Express chipset which does not support the full 4GB of RAM. The most it will ever be able to address is 3.5GB.
     
    chrixx, Mar 21, 2009
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  3. DEagleson

    DEagleson Gamer extraordinaire

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    Thanks for replying so fast, chrixx. :)
    Now that i have a reason for my notebook not using 4 GB ram i dont have to send the new ram chips back because of them being faulty.
     
    DEagleson, Mar 21, 2009
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