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Computer only registers 16 RAM - have 64
That "Limit Memory To ?" setting is the one that's causing the problem. You
need to get it unchecked somehow. If you can find a manual for BIOS setup it may explain why it's checked and set to 16, and how to clear it. -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "NCVET61" wrote in message ... No where that I can find. f1 setup shows the memory at 16, but it's "blue" and I can not access it to change it there. in MS Config, advance, - "limit memory to" is checked and has 16. I tried unchecking it, and I tried increasing the memory to 64 but to no avail |
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Computer only registers 16 RAM - have 64
"Jeff Richards" wrote in message ... That "Limit Memory To ?" setting is the one that's causing the problem. You need to get it unchecked somehow. If you can find a manual for BIOS setup it may explain why it's checked and set to 16, and how to clear it. Here is an AMI BIOS data sheet someone had posted: http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~dranch...bios-beeps.txt Though I agree that *if *the bios has a 16 meg RAM limit setting...that would be the solution... There appears to be no such uption. I'd of course have another look in the bios at *all* options. The OP mentioned that he observed that option in msconfig... which of course is only going to list what the BIOS detects Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "NCVET61" wrote in message ... No where that I can find. f1 setup shows the memory at 16, but it's "blue" and I can not access it to change it there. in MS Config, advance, - "limit memory to" is checked and has 16. I tried unchecking it, and I tried increasing the memory to 64 but to no avail |
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Computer only registers 16 RAM - have 64
"NCVET61" wrote in message ...
My BIOS battery went dead. When I replaced the battery and started my computer, it only registered 16 MB of RAM. I have 64 MB RAM on 2 - 32 banks and 2 empty slots. It is an older HP Platinum 40 with W95 whicjh I had upgraded to W98SE2. I can't find anyway to get it to register the 64 MB RAM. I tried MS Cong and F1 setup to no avail. Double-check the memory modules to make sure they are really 32 megabytes. Please note that 32 bit is not the same thing as 32 megabytes. Also, the 16 megabytes you are seeing may be built into the motherboard. To see if this is the case, try booting the computer without the modules. Ben |
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Computer only registers 16 RAM - have 64
NCVET61 wrote:
It didn't work. I think I'll try to get new memory and see what that does. I appreciate everyone's help, THANKS !!! "Fan924" wrote: I believe AMI used the delete key to get into the bios setup. Have you been able to get into the BIOS yet? |
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Computer only registers 16 RAM - have 64
NCVET61 wrote:
It didn't work. I think I'll try to get new memory and see what that does. I appreciate everyone's help, THANKS !!! "Fan924" wrote: I believe AMI used the delete key to get into the bios setup. I would be surprised if the memory went bad. You really need to get into the BIOS and set it up, I believe. If you have your BIOS version and your model number of your PC, the info on how to do this is should be available. One question though, was this computer not in use for years and then when you tried it, you found the MB battery dead? When you get if fixed, please post back. Thanks |
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Computer only registers 16 RAM - have 64
"Ben Myers" wrote in message ... "NCVET61" wrote in message ... My BIOS battery went dead. When I replaced the battery and started my computer, it only registered 16 MB of RAM. I have 64 MB RAM on 2 - 32 banks and 2 empty slots. It is an older HP Platinum 40 with W95 whicjh I had upgraded to W98SE2. I can't find anyway to get it to register the 64 MB RAM. I tried MS Cong and F1 setup to no avail. Double-check the memory modules to make sure they are really 32 megabytes. Please note that 32 bit is not the same thing as 32 megabytes. Also, the 16 megabytes you are seeing may be built into the motherboard. To see if this is the case, try booting the computer without the modules. Ben I was also thinking that the RAM could have initially failed and caused the checksum error... and it might not have been a bad cmos battery. Just a though anyway |
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Computer only registers 16 RAM - have 64
MSConfig will report that limit because that's what the BIOS is initializing
its internal setting to. That setting may or may not correspond to a specific item in BIOS setup. More likely, it's the result of some other setting, for instance assigning video RAM space at 16Mb. If that's done, then the BIOS sets the memory limit flag to provide a quick way for any interrogating code to check whether or not that memory can be used. The BIOS might also set that limit if the POST RAM test detects unreliable memory above 16Mb. That could be because of faulty memory, but it could also be because of an I/O card being accidentally mapped into memory space. -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "philo" wrote in message ... "Jeff Richards" wrote in message ... That "Limit Memory To ?" setting is the one that's causing the problem. You need to get it unchecked somehow. If you can find a manual for BIOS setup it may explain why it's checked and set to 16, and how to clear it. Here is an AMI BIOS data sheet someone had posted: http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~dranch...bios-beeps.txt Though I agree that *if *the bios has a 16 meg RAM limit setting...that would be the solution... There appears to be no such uption. I'd of course have another look in the bios at *all* options. The OP mentioned that he observed that option in msconfig... which of course is only going to list what the BIOS detects Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "NCVET61" wrote in message ... No where that I can find. f1 setup shows the memory at 16, but it's "blue" and I can not access it to change it there. in MS Config, advance, - "limit memory to" is checked and has 16. I tried unchecking it, and I tried increasing the memory to 64 but to no avail |
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Computer only registers 16 RAM - have 64
"Jeff Richards" wrote in message ... MSConfig will report that limit because that's what the BIOS is initializing its internal setting to. That setting may or may not correspond to a specific item in BIOS setup. More likely, it's the result of some other setting, for instance assigning video RAM space at 16Mb. If that's done, then the BIOS sets the memory limit flag to provide a quick way for any interrogating code to check whether or not that memory can be used. The BIOS might also set that limit if the POST RAM test detects unreliable memory above 16Mb. That could be because of faulty memory, but it could also be because of an I/O card being accidentally mapped into memory space. Yep...without being in front of the machine it's hard to say exactly what happened... If that machine was in front of me...I'd methodically check the bios and go right down the line checking every possible setting... |
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