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    gx660 8gb ram issues?

    Discussion in 'MSI' started by Holic, Oct 27, 2011.

  1. Holic

    Holic Notebook Guru

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    hello guys, i was wondering if you guys can help me out on my ram.


    windows system control panel shows that i have 7.98 gb of ram.

    if i remember correctly shouldnt it show 8gb?

    i tried to diagnose the problem so i used 1 ram card and tested out each of the slots

    one 4gb ram card on slot #1 windows shows 4gb

    the same 4gb card on slot #2 windows shows 3.92gb

    !?!?! is that normal? what does your control panel says for your ram? does it have decimal places?

    thanks.
     
    Holic, Oct 27, 2011
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  2. Talon

    Talon Notebook Virtuoso

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    Mine says the same thing, I think it's fine.
     
    Talon, Oct 27, 2011
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  3. Holic

    Holic Notebook Guru

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    wait so yours says exactly 7.98gb? just making sure... im worried it might be faulty memory controller
     
    Holic, Oct 28, 2011
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    Exactly 7.98gb.
     
    Talon, Oct 28, 2011
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  5. Holic

    Holic Notebook Guru

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    wow thanks for clearing my fears woot. i was really worried. but i still wonder why that happens and only on slot number 2. maybe it processes ram differently or has a different configuration which affects how ram shows up.

    thanks again TalonUIUC
     
    Holic, Oct 28, 2011
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    Apocy Notebook Enthusiast

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    This is normal with everything that transforms MB in GB. You cannot see everywhere the exact number you have bought.
    In your case, the 8 Gigs its not strange to show a number veeeery close to 8 G. Remember that 1 Gig has 10 24 MB not 1000 exactly and this creates differences in RAM and Drive space. It exactly the same with HDDs - you buy 250 Gigs you get ~244,14 Gigs
     
    Apocy, Nov 1, 2011
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  7. Holic

    Holic Notebook Guru

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    I only thought about that in hard drives haha. anyways the problem is different it displays different amounts depending on which ram slot i place the memory in. with one 4 gig stick it displays "4gb" in slot 1 but "3.92gb" if placed in slot 2.
     
    Holic, Nov 1, 2011
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