cant make to 4gb

[hohohee]

Emachines T6212

Goal = 3.5gb


inventory
- paired 2x 1gb adata
- 1gb crucial samsung chip
- 512mb pny
- 512mb


slot
1- 512mb stick
2- 1gb adata stick
3- N/A
4- 1gb adata stick
total = 512mb




slot
1- 1gb adata stick
2- 1gb stick
3- 512mb pny stick
4- 1gb adata stick
total = 2.75gb




slot
1- 1gb adata stick
2- 1gb adata stick
3- 512mb pny stick
4- 512mb stick
total = 2.75gb



slot
1- 1gb adata stick
2- 1gb adata stick
3- 1gb stick
4- 512mb stick pny
total = 2.75gb





my goal is to make it go 3.5gb with paired 2x 1gb adata, 2x 512mb (non-paired) to make it go 3.5gb but it could only go 2.75gb.... how is that?

can someone help me figure it out

spec: X850XT 256mb pci-express, XP home 32bit




ps. oopz title supose to be cant make to 3.5gb not 4gb.

[Soultribunal]

Probably because being an Emachines it has onboard graphics that are taking memory from your RAM to use as Video RAM.

And if thats the case, really not much you can do on a 32bit OS.

ST

[enaberif]

Originally Posted by Soultribunal

Probably because being an Emachines it has onboard graphics that are taking memory from your RAM to use as Video RAM.

And if thats the case, really not much you can do on a 32bit OS.

ST

32bit or not.. regardless video memory is still gonna eat up the extra.

[Soultribunal]

Originally Posted by enaberif

32bit or not.. regardless video memory is still gonna eat up the extra.

Oh I know, I just mean you can't offset it by adding say 2GB Modules into the Fray (if the cheapo board inside can even hack that), unless you have a 64bit OS.


ST

[hohohee]

graphic take memory from it? but how to explain got 512mb total by putting 512mb stick, 1gb stick, 1gb stick?


forgot to mention it has X850XT 256mb pci-express installed on it. it should not be 512mb. x850xt only tke 256mb.... 2.5gb take away 256mb supose to be about 2.3gb.



max i can only get is 2.75gb out of my inventory.... if 2.75gb plus 256mb from graphic card... it should be about 2.9gb but the total suposed o read 3.5gb which dont make sense and i dont make sense.... i think. i guess you can understand what im saying.

[enaberif]

Originally Posted by hohohee

graphic take memory from it? but how to explain got 512mb total by putting 512mb stick, 1gb stick, 1gb stick?


forgot to mention it has X850XT 256mb pci-express installed on it. it should not be 512mb. x850xt only tke 256mb.... 2.5gb take away 256mb supose to be about 2.3gb.



max i can only get is 2.75gb out of my inventory.... if 2.75gb plus 256mb from graphic card... it should be about 2.9gb but the total suposed o read 3.5gb which dont make sense and i dont make sense.... i think. i guess you can understand what im saying.

its a cheap ass computer. not all memory is going to be compatible.

[hohohee]

Originally Posted by enaberif

its a cheap ass computer. not all memory is going to be compatible.

but all sticks works and runs the computer when install individual alone. i try all my inventory just by installing 1 single ram and computer boots up fine. but when combine.... it reads sloppy.

[_dangtx_]

lucky when you plug all of them sticks everythigns fine. ive seen funny stuff happen when you throw a bunch of different sticks in there lol
but it makes sense. onboard allocates 256 0r 512.

[Supergrover]

Are all the timings set?

[hohohee]

Originally Posted by Supergrover

Are all the timings set?

no. i dont mess with any of the sticks. however when i check everest and it shows some sticks is different number from other. like slot 1 shows 5-5-2-4 and slot 2 shows 5-5-7-3 blah blah not exact number forgot what number.

everything is stock default.