Memory halved - mine is dual channel
Is it the same problem if the memory is dual channel?
I've got 512MB in slot 1 & 512MB in slot 2, and in WindowsXP Help & Support / My Computer Information it says RAM: 512MB.
The manufacturers advised me to increase the RAM latency (as the PC was unstable) from 2 2 2 5 to 2.5 3 3 5 which I did. If I did that wrong, would that explain it losing half the RAM?
I don't know much technical stuff as I've had a very reliable notebook by Toshiba for about 5 years (300Mz 32MB RAM 3Gig HD).
My new PC:
Shuttle Barebones SB81P XPC
Intel Pentium IV 3.4GHz 800FSB 1MB Cache S775
Slot1: 512 Mb Corsair Extra Low Latency Dual Channel Ram
Slot2: 512 Mb Corsair Extra Low Latency Dual Channel Ram
2 x Raptor 74GB 10K rpm Low Latency SATA hard drive
Graphics: Radeon X800 PRO 256MB GDDR3 PCI-E VIVO/VGA/DVI/TV
PCI expansion slot: Hauppage 909 WinTV Nova-T Freeview TV/Radio Tuner.
And a TFT monitor, DVD +/-RW CD RW, cheap speakers & keyboard & mouse, I can give more details if anyone thinks it's relevant.
OS: Microsoft WindowsXP Home Edition
Sounds good but I only use it for Rome Total War due to bad sectors on C: c0000005 errors (there might be more zeros in that). That's before changing the latency, but tonight it only started in safe mode until after a Restore which failed. I'm not expecting an answer to all these problems but info on the RAM question at the top would help.
Also on Google I found someone with a similar problem (but not dual channel) who was advised to reload the OS, and did, but it didn't help. (search: half RAM windows)
Thanks for any help
Brigger