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I have an intel pentium D 940 processor. I have tried ms config then check the maximum memory changed it to maximum, 6k+mb but when i click apply after restart it goes back again to 1025mb. I unchecked itstill its 3.25 usable, any helpful tips? and im running on windows 7 ultimate 64 bit. and it says in crucial.com that my limit is 4k+mb how to exceed?
my mother board is model is
EX333AA-ABA m7590n
DevLee
Posted 2014-11-05T04:04:14.497
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That motherboard is limited to 4 x 1 GB DIMMs. That is a design limitation. There is not a practical way to expand that and there are no settings (BIOS or MS Config), that can over-ride or circumvent that. This is a fairly old computer that was powerful in its day but pretty slow by today's standards. Even if there was a way to expand the RAM, the performance would be limited by the other components.
fixer1234
Posted 2014-11-05T04:04:14.497
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You would need to provide more information for someone to be able to help. For example, the make and model of your computer and the RAM configuration. However, if I understand your question, it sounds like a motherboard limitation. You would not be able to circumvent that by changing a setting in ms config. If I'm misunderstanding, see if you can clarify your question. – fixer1234 – 2014-11-05T04:21:57.647
@fixer1234 how to find ram configuration sir? – DevLee – 2014-11-05T04:27:10.637
How many sockets, how many RAM modules in them? Can you identify the modules (memory size, other identifying information)? What did crucial.com say about the requirements and limits? I did a search on that model number and what comes back is an HP Pavilion that shipped with Win XP Media Center and 2 GB DDR2 RAM. Is that the right one? – fixer1234 – 2014-11-05T04:36:47.727
2In the detailed listing for that computer, it says there are 4 slots and the maximum supported memory is 4 GB. If that's the case, there is no practical way to exceed 4 GB. – fixer1234 – 2014-11-05T04:41:31.113
@fixer1234 crucial.com says
Maximum memory: 4096MB Slots: 4 (2 banks of 2) *Not to exceed manufacturer supported memory.
first slot is 2gb second third and fourth is 1gb each. *i thought it was 6gb all in all *
a have a high reserved memory like 1.7k mb
my mother board is EX333AA-ABA m7590n – DevLee – 2014-11-05T04:43:52.793
@fixer1234 oh, so even if i update my bios it still wont exceed sir? – DevLee – 2014-11-05T04:45:48.943
1It's not clear that you can use a 2 GB DIMM. It looks like the computer shipped with 2 x 1 GB. If you added the 2 GB, it looks like the computer is using 1 GB of it (which would not be a reliable way to achieve 1 GB). The limitation is in the motherboard design. The BIOS just recognizes what is there. – fixer1234 – 2014-11-05T04:50:43.150
@fixer1234 all seems to be clear now. thanks – DevLee – 2014-11-05T04:53:39.500