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November 21, 2008  
Subject: yes another ram question
Group: microsoft.public.windows.64bit.general
Date: 9/7/2008 1:54:01 PM
From: =?Utf-8?B?bXVsZXM=?= [Email Address Protection]

i have xp pro 64bit on my computer and it is only reading 2 of my 6
gigs......motherboard is reading it fine but os isn't......anything i can do
to fix this


Motherboard: Asus Rampage Formula
Cpu: Intel Q9550 @ 2.83 gHz
Ram: 6 gigs of cosair DDR2 800

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Subject: Re: yes another ram question
Group: microsoft.public.windows.64bit.general
Date: 9/8/2008 6:36:16 AM
From: "Charlie Russel - MVP" [Email Address Protection]

You should run a thorough memory test (mem86 is often suggested here, and
seems to do well, as does the one built into Vista and downloadable from
microsoft.com). There's likely an underlying issue that the the POST code
doesn't show.

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Charlie.
http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel

"mules" <mules@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EA9E56DF-1450-40DF-A130-44FF708F0155@microsoft.com...
>i have xp pro 64bit on my computer and it is only reading 2 of my 6
> gigs......motherboard is reading it fine but os isn't......anything i can
> do
> to fix this
>
>
> Motherboard: Asus Rampage Formula
> Cpu: Intel Q9550 @ 2.83 gHz
> Ram: 6 gigs of cosair DDR2 800


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