1gb Memory Detected as 512mb

[weslstan]

Hello,

I just wanted to get this last problem out of the way...

So I had 1gb of ram and I bought another 1GB from ebay, here is the listing...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....MEWN:IT&viewitem=&item=190128085945&rd=1&rd=1

So I put it in my pc, started it up and Its only displaying as 512mb, so 1.5gb in total.

I dont know why this could be but the stick itself was slightly smaller than the 3 others I have.
It says 1.5gb in CCleaner and also when I look in the properties in My Computer but in windows task manager it displays as 2155M


This is my spec:

Advent T11
Intel Pentium 4 HT Processor 550 3.4ghz
1.5gb (ment to be 2gb) DDR PC3200 Memory
Nvidia Geforce 6600

Any ideas?

 

[Tmagic650]

The memory you bought is not compatible with the system

 

[lipe123]

Does it show 512 when u only put that one memory chip in the system? Does the machine have 3 or 4 ram slots?

 

[weslstan]

It has 4 slots and yeah It just shows 512

But it is a slightly smaller stick than the others, can you tell by looking at the ebay listing whether its any different than what my pc should have?

Thanks.

 

[mickzer]

From the link to ebay:

"With incompatible motherboards, this ram may read as 512MB or may not read at all"

mickzer

 

[weslstan]

OK thanks man, Ill try to get a refund but if not ill resell it.

 

[Route44]

Your Advent T11's motherboard is an MSI MS-7046 and it is designed to take 184-pin DDR PC3200 up to 4 gigs. See this link:

http://www.memoryx.net/msimsmome80.html

I wonder if the issue is because it is high density or if you have your memory in the correct slots. How do you have your memory configured?

 

[weslstan]

Well at the moment I Have 1x 512mb, 2x 256mb and then finally this 1gb in the final slot.

Is that what you mean by configured?

 

[mickzer]

Try the 1Gb stick in all 4 slots just to see if it will see it as 1Gb. Maybe the biggest stick has to be in a certain slot. Worth trying, anyway!!!

mickzer.

 

[Route44]

Well at the moment I Have 1x 512mb, 2x 256mb and then finally this 1gb in the final slot.

Is that what you mean by configured?

Yes, this is exactly what I mean. Your issue may very well be your configuration and not the RAM itself. Do you have your motherboard Manual? It will tell you the proper Memory configuration. Try just the 1 Gig stick and do what mickzer suggests.