Memory question

[Bill88]

Hi all, I installed 2 more gigs of ram bringing me up to 4gigs ram. I also installed maxmem program and ran Nero info tool which also read that there is only 2gigs installed on system???? Do I need to change a setting or what so it reads the 4gigs I now have? Thanks for the help here I am ripping out what is left of my hair. Info tool shows:
CPU 3200Mhz
Bus Speed 800 Mhz
Motherboard Dell OU2424
System Dell Demension XPS Gen2
BIOS Dell A04
Memory 2047 MB

Once again any help as always is appreciated, Bill.

[doctorhardware]

How much memory is reported at os bootup. Also what os are you using.

[Bill88]

I checked the system info thru the control panel and it shows 3.50 gigs of ram which I understand the system needs some memory to run correct? But can't figure out why the other 2 programs still only read 2gigs?

[Bill88]

Windows XP SP2

[Bill88]

OS boot up shows the 4 gigs of ram

[Bill88]

Also tried and re install maxmem and still no good.

[Chewy]

You don't need that maxmem with windows xp sp2 and definitely not with that much ram

the 32 bit nature of your OS limits you from seeing or even using anything above 3.2 gigs approximately, windows has to reserve memory addressing for your graphics so that's it, the fat lady sung, save your hair

[Bill88]

Thanks chewy! I will cancel the order for the wig...LOL!

[NightbladeXX]

also watch to see if that mobo will handle sticks that big when using four slots some of the OEM craptaculiar mobos can only use single sided dimms in the 4x scheme

[Bill88]

So far everything is running a little faster and when I play the couple games on it the quality is better. Thanks for the help everyone as usual! Bill.

[doctorhardware]

That is what I thought Chewy, but was not absolutely sure could not remember.
One other thing to remember is if the motherboard can handle high density memory modules, low density memory modules are more compatible then the high density memory.