Hi, fellows. I bought ECS/AMD64x2 combo from Fry's in BF and installed 2x1G Corsair Value Select RAM. Later I got another 2 Corsair 1G RAM from Fry's After-Xmas sale. So basically I have a 4G RAM system.
According to ECS's manual, they support up to 4G RAM. However, when I start the computer, the BIOS only reports 3.375G RAM. I've googled the question. It seems because some mem address is reserved for on-board device, and to make use of it, some "meomry remapping" or called "memory hoisting" should be set in BIOS. However, there's no such an option in ECS's latest BIOS (1.1c issued on Dec 17). I've contacted ECS and they haven't replied.
Anyone else meets the similar problem? How come they claim "up to 4G" support but actually not. Is ECS a decent company? I need to decide whether to return the memory to Fry's ASAP, as the item must be returned within 14-day.
According to ECS's manual, they support up to 4G RAM. However, when I start the computer, the BIOS only reports 3.375G RAM. I've googled the question. It seems because some mem address is reserved for on-board device, and to make use of it, some "meomry remapping" or called "memory hoisting" should be set in BIOS. However, there's no such an option in ECS's latest BIOS (1.1c issued on Dec 17). I've contacted ECS and they haven't replied.
Anyone else meets the similar problem? How come they claim "up to 4G" support but actually not. Is ECS a decent company? I need to decide whether to return the memory to Fry's ASAP, as the item must be returned within 14-day.
