Win XP RAM reporting error

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My laptop PC errantly reports the amount of installed RAM. I've had to open my laptop and physically reset the RAM card 3 times this week. Why is this happening?
 
Hi

Click Start/ Run/ and type in MSCONFIG , click the BOOT.INI tab.
Click on the Advanced Options button and see if there is an entry in the /MAXMEM=box.
If so, erase it and clear the checkbox

Pete


----- aquaman wrote: ----

My laptop PC errantly reports the amount of installed RAM. I've had to open my laptop and physically reset the RAM card 3 times this week. Why is this happening?
 
I checked the BOOT.INI but there was nothing in the MAXMEM= box. Again I had to reset the RAM card. Why would it be reset whenever the PC is turned off? Please help

----- Peter wrote: ----

Hi

Click Start/ Run/ and type in MSCONFIG , click the BOOT.INI tab.
Click on the Advanced Options button and see if there is an entry in the /MAXMEM=box.
If so, erase it and clear the checkbox

Pete



----- aquaman wrote: ----

My laptop PC errantly reports the amount of installed RAM. I've had to open my laptop and physically reset the RAM card 3 times this week. Why is this happening?
 
CMOS battery weak???????????????


aquaman said:
I checked the BOOT.INI but there was nothing in the MAXMEM= box. Again I
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had to reset the RAM card. Why would it be reset whenever the PC is turned
off? Please help.
----- Peter wrote: -----

Hi,

Click Start/ Run/ and type in MSCONFIG , click the BOOT.INI tab.
Click on the Advanced Options button and see if there is an entry in the /MAXMEM=box.
If so, erase it and clear the checkbox.

Peter



----- aquaman wrote: -----

My laptop PC errantly reports the amount of installed RAM. I've
Click to expand...
had to open my laptop and physically reset the RAM card 3 times this week.
Why is this happening?
 
How do I check the CMOS battery? Is it replaceable

----- Yves Leclerc wrote: ----

CMOS battery weak??????????????


aquaman said:
I checked the BOOT.INI but there was nothing in the MAXMEM= box. Again
Click to expand...
had to reset the RAM card. Why would it be reset whenever the PC is turne
off? Please help
Click on the Advanced Options button and see if there is an entry i the /MAXMEM=box
If so, erase it and clear the checkbox
Click to expand...
had to open my laptop and physically reset the RAM card 3 times this week
Why is this happening
 
I'm having the same problem, with my desk top, it is only reporting 512
when it should be 1024. I've also check the Maxmen and it will only go
as high as 512, when I put in 1024 as soon as i go to check the ok box
it changes back to 512
 
The motherboard may ONLY support up to 512mb ram
Dennis.

You can't / wont get 1GB if your mobo can't
handle that amount of ram. You'll have to find out
what brand/make your motherboard is, and the maximum
amount of ram it can take. Under the boot.ini Mat
type in the switch /3gb after /fastdetect. See what that does.

I'm having the same problem, with my desk top, it is only reporting 512 when it should be 1024. I've also check the Maxmen and it will only go as high as 512, when I put in 1024 as soon as i go to check the ok box it changes back to 512

Yves Leclerc wrote:

CMOS battery weak???????????????


I checked the BOOT.INI but there was nothing in the MAXMEM= box. Again I
had to reset the RAM card. Why would it be reset whenever the PC is turned
off? Please help.
----- Peter wrote: -----

Hi,

Click Start/ Run/ and type in MSCONFIG , click the BOOT.INI tab.
Click on the Advanced Options button and see if there is an entry in
the /MAXMEM=box.
If so, erase it and clear the checkbox.

Peter



----- aquaman wrote: -----

My laptop PC errantly reports the amount of installed RAM. I've
had to open my laptop and physically reset the RAM card 3 times this week.
Why is this happening?
 
"Dennis Bl
The motherboard may ONLY support up to 512mb ram
Dennis.

You can't / wont get 1GB if your mobo can't
handle that amount of ram. You'll have to find out
what brand/make your motherboard is, and the maximum
amount of ram it can take.

I'm having the same problem, with my desk top, it is only reporting 512 when it should be 1024. I've also check the Maxmen and it will only go as high as 512, when I put in 1024 as soon as i go to check the ok box it changes back to 512

Yves Leclerc wrote:

CMOS battery weak???????????????


I checked the BOOT.INI but there was nothing in the MAXMEM= box. Again I
had to reset the RAM card. Why would it be reset whenever the PC is turned
off? Please help.
----- Peter wrote: -----

Hi,

Click Start/ Run/ and type in MSCONFIG , click the BOOT.INI tab.
Click on the Advanced Options button and see if there is an entry in
the /MAXMEM=box.
If so, erase it and clear the checkbox.

Peter



----- aquaman wrote: -----

My laptop PC errantly reports the amount of installed RAM. I've
had to open my laptop and physically reset the RAM card 3 times this week.
Why is this happening?
 
I'm still having the original problem of my laptop resetting to the base RAM setting of 64MB. I actually have 192MB(I know, it's a bit of a dinosaur). Anyway, why would it occasionally do so? This is the question of this string

Yves Leclerc wrote

CMOS battery weak??????????????


I checked the BOOT.INI but there was nothing in the MAXMEM= box. Again
had to reset the RAM card. Why would it be reset whenever the PC is turne
off? Please help
----- Peter wrote: ----

Hi

Click Start/ Run/ and type in MSCONFIG , click the BOOT.INI tab
Click on the Advanced Options button and see if there is an entry i
the /MAXMEM=box
If so, erase it and clear the checkbox

Pete



----- aquaman wrote: ----

My laptop PC errantly reports the amount of installed RAM. I'v
had to open my laptop and physically reset the RAM card 3 times this week
Why is this happening
 
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