What is the cause of this, do I have bad ram?

Integrated Video?

Shared Video ram?

well i remember i read that it's 32 bit limitation

that 32 doesn't read all the ram when it's 3 giga or higher

so if you are more than 3 go to 64 bit it should work fine

3.25 is the 32 bit limit.

Yes Dark Madness is right 32bit Win7 can only Support 3 GB as Maximum. I think it is also depend on horse power of CPU. How effectively it process ram.

Edited July 28, 200915 yr by Jatin Beniwal

3.25 is the 32 bit limit.

well not always 32 bit should read the almost the 4 giga as it's limit is 4

but look at this link

well i don't know what is the problem but the most thing that is in common that it's a 32 bit limit

edit :

i also read that the sound some times takes from the memory

that is one that have a shared vga and 4 giga memory

3.5g

-.5 Graphics

= 3.0

- .25 for sound, and other add-on cards gives

= 2.75

Edited July 28, 200915 yr by DaRk MaDnEsS

Thanks guys, I think I will bite the bullet and install x64 on it...it is x64 architecture I have just been avoiding x64 all together

If you want to see a breakdown of memory usage, run resmon (Resource Monitor). As of RC1 it breaks down where all of your installed memory is allocated, even showing what is taken by hardware.

If you don't use the integrated VGA or sound, try disabling them from BIOS.

I only have integrated sound, no grafix at all

I have installed Windows 7 RTM on my laptop with 4gb of RAM and I think it displays a little more than 3.25 as available (still not the whole 4gb)...

I'm also thinking about migrating to x64 when I buy my copy of Win7 for the desktop.

Yes, that is because 32-bit systems cannot allocate whole 4GB. You can use the PAE switch in your boot.ini file but that's not a lucky solution either.

As you said, the best way would be to go with 64-bit version.

These ppl have the same problem and they have x64 so its not that http://www.thehotfix.net/forums/index.php?/topic/24958-wheres-all-my-ram/

These ppl have the same problem and they have x64 so its not that http://www.thehotfix.net/forums/index.php?/topic/24958-wheres-all-my-ram/

hmmm ok Rick

try to disable the sound just for a test from bois

and then run the pc and see if the ram is back at 3

if it's back then this was the problem

i'm searching for something else right now

Already did that, not the cause

Check it out Here!

Check it out Here!

well the problem is not that

the Ram are 3 not 4

it didn't get the limit

so i think it's not the problem

Probably a spam, link removed.

I only have integrated sound, no grafix at all

What vid card do you use? Quite a few low-end vid cards use shared ram for their memory. Even if not integrated video.

Ready For 4 GB.7z

This one will really Help. Supports upto 128 GB

Edited September 25, 200915 yr by Jatin Beniwal

that isnt working for me i boot into the new thing and my ram is still the same =[

for x64 architectures:

go in ure bios, then in the advanced/memory options; disable the memory hole mapping.

for x86;

ure screwed!

You could always run resmon and make sure it is being flagged as "hardware reserved" - if so, you'll at least know it's the BIOS (and probably your onboard video).

From what Ive read.. not even patches can fix memory when it's x86 and not x64