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so my BIOS is only showing a half of my total RAM.

I have 2x2gb ram but each stick only displays a little over 1GB

anyone know what this is about

When you say a "little over"

How much exactly?

let me check

1024?

Actually, I can't check because I was testing it today using my friend's power cord, and he took it now.

I do believe so

rip

How much does it say in Windows?

I don't have my HDD yet so I can't check that

if he doesn't have a powercord, how do you expect him to check in windows ?

😄

It'll come in tomorrow

I didn't realise he wasn't using it

Oops

is that a craptop or a desktop ?

Desktop

can you check directly the ram sticks just to be sure they are indeed 2x 2GB ?

The heatsink/cover plate does say do

I'll make a picture

is that compatible with your mobo ?

Yes

what chipset is your mobo just to be sure?

Chipset.. Can you give an example of one

I don't know, p67 is a pretty old one 😄

it's usually in the name of your motherboard

Ohh right

The board is an asus p5q

for example mine is a x99

hmm p45 chipset should be fine if you use the right DDR2 sticks with the right freq

DDR 2

can't see the freq of those, let me check the reference just to be 100% sure

yeah PC2-8500 it's fine

I was thinking about running an os off a USB to check how it would look like in the system

hmm it's gonna be hard for you to test... it's either a hardware issue with your ram sticks or your mobo (try to change the slots if you have extra ones)

or it could be a firmware issue too but the chances are pretty low