EVGA 680I and Ram Issues. Any Advice

[agwinn]

Im new to the boards just started overclocking with my last board MSI 975x power up ED.

I have the Evga 680I with 4 stick of CORSAIR TWIN2X2048-6400C4 Everthing set to stock im only seeing 2.25ghz, but if i take out any ram sticks it sees each just fine. Any clues as why.. thanks.

EVGA 680I
ENERMAX EGA1000EWL
E6400 @ stock (for the moment)
2x XFX 8800GTX 768MB SLI
Thermaltake Armor Full Tower
GIGABYTE 3D GALAXY II

 

[lopri]

You're only seeing 2.25GB in BIOS or in Windows? In order to see full 4GB in Windows, you're need a 64-bit one.

 

[Idontcare]

Originally posted by: agwinn
Im new to the boards just started overclocking with my last board MSI 975x power up ED.

I have the Evga 680I with 4 stick of CORSAIR TWIN2X2048-6400C4 Everthing set to stock im only seeing 2.25ghz, but if i take out any ram sticks it sees each just fine. Any clues as why.. thanks.

EVGA 680I
ENERMAX EGA1000EWL
E6400 @ stock (for the moment)
2x XFX 8800GTX 768MB SLI
Thermaltake Armor Full Tower
GIGABYTE 3D GALAXY II

Computer adds up all ram, including video ram, and then gives your 32bit OS acces to 4GB max. Since you have 2 video cards at 768MB each you loose access to 1.5GB of system ram.

4GB - 1.5GB = 2.5GB available system ram

Not sure where you are losing the remaining 256MB, but it is probably reserved in your system for add-in cards or something.

Welcome to 32bit OS limitations. If you want more system ram available then you need to dump your video cards and get one with much much less ram, say 256MB. Then you'd have 3.75GB available in your 32bit OS.

 

[ctark]

Originally posted by: Idontcare

Originally posted by: agwinn
Im new to the boards just started overclocking with my last board MSI 975x power up ED.

I have the Evga 680I with 4 stick of CORSAIR TWIN2X2048-6400C4 Everthing set to stock im only seeing 2.25ghz, but if i take out any ram sticks it sees each just fine. Any clues as why.. thanks.

EVGA 680I
ENERMAX EGA1000EWL
E6400 @ stock (for the moment)
2x XFX 8800GTX 768MB SLI
Thermaltake Armor Full Tower
GIGABYTE 3D GALAXY II

Computer adds up all ram, including video ram, and then gives your 32bit OS acces to 4GB max. Since you have 2 video cards at 768MB each you loose access to 1.5GB of system ram.

4GB - 1.5GB = 2.5GB available system ram

Not sure where you are losing the remaining 256MB, but it is probably reserved in your system for add-in cards or something.

Welcome to 32bit OS limitations. If you want more system ram available then you need to dump your video cards and get one with much much less ram, say 256MB. Then you'd have 3.75GB available in your 32bit OS.

LOL dude you have no freakin clue how a computer works do you? His video cards have NOTHING to do with hisramissue. The only reason he is seeing 2.5gb is cause of his 32 bit OS. You do not lose ram because you have a video card with a lot of ram. There is dedicated RAM on his video card.