New Desktop RAM increase does not show up in SYSTEM

[mpchen]

Hi there:
Just a simple question really: This morning I swapped in 2x1GB of Corsair DDR2 RAM intoi by INtel Pentium D 920 based desktop in place of the old 1GB stick of Kingston. Everything went smoothly and CPU-Z reported back detection of 2 GB DRAM. However when I took a look at Windows System information, it still says Pentium D 2.8 GHz system and 1 GB of RAM. Any body knows why this is so? Also shouldn't System be reporting back less than 1 GB in the original configuration in any case? ANd in the new setup, it should report sligtly less than 2 GB? What am I getting wrong here?

Thanks for your help!

Mike

 

[Denithor]

If you've got four memory slots and two sticks try switching them around into different slots and see if that helps.

What motherboard (model) are you using?

 

[mpchen]

Hi: It is one of those ASUS lower end P5VDC-MX board that has 2 slots for DDR and 2 slots for DDR2. I have used up both DDR2 slots
in this configuration.

Mike

 

[Old Hippie]

Originally posted by: mpchen
Hi: It is one of those ASUS lower end P5VDC-MX board that has 2 slots for DDR and 2 slots for DDR2. I have used up both DDR2 slots
in this configuration.

Mike

Scroll down to your owners manual specs. It states you can't mix RAM types.

 

[mpchen]

Hi:
No, I didn't mix RAM type. I used the 2 slots for DDR2 memory and left the other 2 slots empty. )

Mike

 

[Old Hippie]

Originally posted by: mpchen
Hi:
No, I didn't mix RAM type. I used the 2 slots for DDR2 memory and left the other 2 slots empty. )

Mike

Woops, screwed that up! :laugh:

Maybe you can get some tips from this thread.

Looks to be right up your alley.

 

[mpchen]

Thanks a million! That thread you referred me to is very informative even if it doesn't help to solve my problem. Why can't they make RAM detection a bit more versatile and user friendly??
All this fuzz!!!

Again Thanks!

Mike

 

[Yellowbeard]

Have you tried clearing the CMOS? And, does your MOBO support the density of modules that you are trying to use?