win98 shows 2 megs RAM missing(?)
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  1. May 15th, 2001, 06:46 PM #1
    En7y
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    p3-500@100fsb/384Ram-pc100/Win98

    Win98 sysinfo shows only 382megs available RAM. Norton Utilities sysinfo shows also only 382megs. BIOS on bootup sees all 384megs and i've used a program to check the integrity of the RAM and found no errors. Two Crucial and one Kingston so I don't believe its the RAM chips. Any suggestions on how to find or recover this lost 2 megs of RAM?
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  2. May 15th, 2001, 06:57 PM #2
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    sounds like a i810 or i815 based board that is using the 'missing' memory for onboard video card.
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  3. May 15th, 2001, 06:59 PM #3
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    yep
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  4. May 15th, 2001, 07:36 PM #4
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    Sorry should've put up more specs.

    Intel (jabil) 440BX/ZX
    AGP card (GeForce2) had a TNT2/M64 before that. No difference w/ memory missing when board was upgraded
    On-board sound disabled. Was replaced w/ PCI sound card.
    Latest bios flashed in.

    Anymore ideas I can check on? I know i'm just overlooking something.

    Thanks
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  5. May 15th, 2001, 07:44 PM #5
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    Try taking a stick of memory out and seeing if it shows the correct amount then. If so , try swapping around, until it doesn't.
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  6. May 15th, 2001, 07:46 PM #6
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    Check to see if DOS has assigned it as a cache to a CD-ROM drive or something. ie in the AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS
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  7. May 15th, 2001, 08:38 PM #7
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    Yes, see if SMARTDRV.EXE is loading in config.sys or autoexec.bat. Better yet, try temporarily renaming both files (if they exist) and boot that way. See if that helps.
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  8. May 15th, 2001, 08:51 PM #8
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    Good idea, i reckon that should sort it !!

    If not get back to us!!
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  9. May 16th, 2001, 04:19 AM #9
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    Originally posted by MacGyver:
    Yes, see if SMARTDRV.EXE is loading in config.sys or autoexec.bat. Better yet, try temporarily renaming both files (if they exist) and boot that way. See if that helps.
    Damn... right on target. Thanks. I knew I was overlooking something.

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