SP1 shows all 8GB

She:kon/Greetings

On a Vista 64 system with 8 GB RAM, I just installed SP1 and now all
8 GB shows on the System screen. I guess MS got tired of all the questions
about why the full amount wasn't showing.

Sken:nen/Peace
Tom Lake
Information Systems Administrator
St. Regis Mohawk Tribe Environment Division
412 State Route 37
Akwesasne, NY 13655
(518) 358-5937 Ext. 117

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Vista 64 system SP1 RC with 16GB RAM here and the display is still broken

On the System page:-
Rating:
Processor: Not Available
Memory (RAM): Not Available
System type: 64-bit Operating System

In Task Manager:-
Physical Memory (MB)
Total 16381
Cached 6453
Free 7758

If I run System Information it's even weirder:-
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) Not Available
Total Physical memory 4.00 GB
Available Physical Memory 13.1 GB
Total Virtual Memory 31.8 GB
Available Virtual Memory 28.5 GB
Page File Space 16.3 GB

"Tom Lake" <> wrote in message
news:40BBE7CA-4F59-4471-9F5E-...
> She:kon/Greetings
>
> On a Vista 64 system with 8 GB RAM, I just installed SP1 and now all
> 8 GB shows on the System screen. I guess MS got tired of all the
> questions
> about why the full amount wasn't showing.
>
> Sken:nen/Peace
> Tom Lake
> Information Systems Administrator
> St. Regis Mohawk Tribe Environment Division
> 412 State Route 37
> Akwesasne, NY 13655
> (518) 358-5937 Ext. 117
>
> e-mail:
>
> Website: http://www.srmtenv.org
>
>

In article <#>, Peter Lawton <> says...
> Vista 64 system SP1 RC with 16GB RAM here and the display is still broken
>
> On the System page:-
> Rating:
> Processor: Not Available
> Memory (RAM): Not Available
> System type: 64-bit Operating System
>
> In Task Manager:-
> Physical Memory (MB)
> Total 16381
> Cached 6453
> Free 7758
>
> If I run System Information it's even weirder:-
> Installed Physical Memory (RAM) Not Available
> Total Physical memory 4.00 GB
> Available Physical Memory 13.1 GB
> Total Virtual Memory 31.8 GB
> Available Virtual Memory 28.5 GB
> Page File Space 16.3 GB

That's no good. I plan to buy a 16GB pc next year. Kan you use
the full 16GB?
Are it 4GB modules buffered RAM?

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"Peter Lawton" <> wrote in message
news:%...
> Vista 64 system SP1 RC with 16GB RAM here and the display is still broken

You make me ill! 8^)

Tom Lake

Jawade <> wrote in
news: :

> In article <#>, Peter Lawton
> <> says...
>> Vista 64 system SP1 RC with 16GB RAM here and the display is still
>> broken
>>
>> On the System page:-
>> Rating:
>> Processor: Not Available
>> Memory (RAM): Not Available
>> System type: 64-bit Operating System
>>
>> In Task Manager:-
>> Physical Memory (MB)
>> Total 16381
>> Cached 6453
>> Free 7758
>>
>> If I run System Information it's even weirder:-
>> Installed Physical Memory (RAM) Not Available
>> Total Physical memory 4.00 GB
>> Available Physical Memory 13.1 GB
>> Total Virtual Memory 31.8 GB
>> Available Virtual Memory 28.5 GB
>> Page File Space 16.3 GB
>
> That's no good. I plan to buy a 16GB pc next year. Kan you use
> the full 16GB?

Don't you think 16GB is a little overkill ?

"Tom Lake" <> wrote in message
news:40BBE7CA-4F59-4471-9F5E-...

> On a Vista 64 system with 8 GB RAM, I just installed SP1 and now all
> 8 GB shows on the System screen. I guess MS got tired of all the
> questions
> about why the full amount wasn't showing.

You're right they did, it'll now show the installed RAM amount instead of
what is actually usable by the system.

--
Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
http://www.dasmirnov.net/blog/
http://www.windowsresource.net/

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I was quite exicited with my 4gb showing up until I happened across Task
Manager and it's still 3.5gb
--
Sam


"Paul Smith" wrote:

> "Tom Lake" <> wrote in message
> news:40BBE7CA-4F59-4471-9F5E-...
>
> > On a Vista 64 system with 8 GB RAM, I just installed SP1 and now all
> > 8 GB shows on the System screen. I guess MS got tired of all the
> > questions
> > about why the full amount wasn't showing.
>
> You're right they did, it'll now show the installed RAM amount instead of
> what is actually usable by the system.
>
> --
> Paul Smith,
> Yeovil, UK.
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
> http://www.dasmirnov.net/blog/
> http://www.windowsresource.net/
>
> *Remove nospam. to reply by e-mail*
>
>

Sam

The Task Manager will still only show what amount of the installed RAM is
useable. The system info screen was changed to show the entire amount that
is installed.

--

Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User


"Sam Steinhauser" <> wrote in
message news:AB45D984-9CEC-4758-B465-...
>I was quite exicited with my 4gb showing up until I happened across Task
> Manager and it's still 3.5gb
> --
> Sam
>
>
> "Paul Smith" wrote:
>
>> "Tom Lake" <> wrote in message
>> news:40BBE7CA-4F59-4471-9F5E-...
>>
>> > On a Vista 64 system with 8 GB RAM, I just installed SP1 and now all
>> > 8 GB shows on the System screen. I guess MS got tired of all the
>> > questions
>> > about why the full amount wasn't showing.
>>
>> You're right they did, it'll now show the installed RAM amount instead of
>> what is actually usable by the system.
>>
>> --
>> Paul Smith,
>> Yeovil, UK.
>> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
>> http://www.dasmirnov.net/blog/
>> http://www.windowsresource.net/
>>
>> *Remove nospam. to reply by e-mail*
>>
>>

In article <Xns9A06B48614EF9thisnthatadelphianet@216.196.97.1 42>, DanS
<> says...
> Jawade <> wrote in
> news: :
>
> > In article <#>, Peter Lawton
> > <> says...
> >> Vista 64 system SP1 RC with 16GB RAM here and the display is still
> >> broken
> >>
> >> On the System page:-
> >> Rating:
> >> Processor: Not Available
> >> Memory (RAM): Not Available
> >> System type: 64-bit Operating System
> >>
> >> In Task Manager:-
> >> Physical Memory (MB)
> >> Total 16381
> >> Cached 6453
> >> Free 7758
> >>
> >> If I run System Information it's even weirder:-
> >> Installed Physical Memory (RAM) Not Available
> >> Total Physical memory 4.00 GB
> >> Available Physical Memory 13.1 GB
> >> Total Virtual Memory 31.8 GB
> >> Available Virtual Memory 28.5 GB
> >> Page File Space 16.3 GB
> >
> > That's no good. I plan to buy a 16GB pc next year. Kan you use
> > the full 16GB?
>
> Don't you think 16GB is a little overkill ?

No, I buyd my pc in 2002 with 1GB RAM. Everybody sayd I was crazy,
but now I have profit from it.

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Oh yes, I can use all 16GB of the RAM and it reports as available in Task
Manager, it's just some of the other displays, System page and System Info,
that are broken.

Yes, they're 4x 4GB FB-DIMMs (and aren't they expensive! Thanks Intel)

Peter Lawton

"Jawade" <> wrote in message
news: ...
> In article <#>, Peter Lawton
> <> says...
>> Vista 64 system SP1 RC with 16GB RAM here and the display is still broken
>>
>> On the System page:-
>> Rating:
>> Processor: Not Available
>> Memory (RAM): Not Available
>> System type: 64-bit Operating System
>>
>> In Task Manager:-
>> Physical Memory (MB)
>> Total 16381
>> Cached 6453
>> Free 7758
>>
>> If I run System Information it's even weirder:-
>> Installed Physical Memory (RAM) Not Available
>> Total Physical memory 4.00 GB
>> Available Physical Memory 13.1 GB
>> Total Virtual Memory 31.8 GB
>> Available Virtual Memory 28.5 GB
>> Page File Space 16.3 GB
>
> That's no good. I plan to buy a 16GB pc next year. Kan you use
> the full 16GB?
> Are it 4GB modules buffered RAM?
>
> --
> Met vriendelijke groeten, Jawade. Weer veel vernieuwd!
> http://jawade.nl/ Met een mirror op http://jawade.fortunecity.com/
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> Kalender, Webtellers en IP-log, Linux-Diskeditor, USB-stick tester