motherboard

[sandy]

using a m4a89td pro series
bought 32 gig of ram for it
but it only reconises 16 gig of it
runing windows 7 32 bit
any ideas how to get full 32 gig reconised

[ray156]

using a m4a89td pro series
bought 32 gig of ram for it
but it only reconises 16 gig of it
runing windows 7 32 bit
any ideas how to get full 32 gig reconised

as far as i know windows 7 32bit will only work with up to 4gb ram,any more than that is just a waste,i could be wrong,
but just like xp,can put in 8gb ram but it will only work with a max of 3gb.

But this is not the case for the 64-bit flavor of Windows 7. The Home Basic and Starter SKUs can manage up to 8 GB of RAM, with Home Premium taking the limit to 16 GB. The Professional, Enterprise and Ultimate versions of Windows 7 will support as much as 192 GB of RAM.

[cunny]

As ray said could be windows version

Max memory limits for 64-bit Windows 7 | ZDNet

However, also check to see if a bios update is required

[sandy]

As ray said could be windows version

Max memory limits for 64-bit Windows 7 | ZDNet

However, also check to see if a bios update is required

its reconising 16 gig
how do i check if bios needs updating

[Shady]

check date of biso revision, go to manufacturer website download latest date. website prob have a checking tool on there

[sandy]

check date of biso revision, go to manufacturer website download latest date. website prob have a checking tool on there

cheers will give it a go
now if i have to buy a new windows os am i better going for 64 or 86

[cunny]

Did you not read rays reply? If you want to use 32gb of ram then you will need a x64 os. However read the link i posted as not all window7 versions will see upto 32gb of ram.

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[Canker_Canison]

My understanding on this is a little different to whats above.

Yes you will need to switch to Windows 7 x64

But as it is, windows will see it, but will only let you use 8GB. The other 8GB will be used for paging instead of the HDD.

[sandy]

cheers for the heads up guys and galswill be buying w7 64 ultimate

[Shady]

BUYING?

[ray156]

BUYING?

@ buying

l.m.a.o.

[sandy]

instaled w7 64 ultimate
runing fine
had to put in a new cpu cooler
and unfortunatly its massive so i had to take 2 sticks of memory out
major bummer
still pc is working fine with 16 gig ram
ps for the record
when i was runing w7 32 bit
it reconised 16 gig ram also
many many thanx for your help guys its apreciated

[knot7]

Maybe because that mother board only recognizes 16gb of ram? daaaaa!!