100M If you are having speed problems - Page 2

Kushan · 09-02-2016, 08:17

How very odd! What Motherboard is it?

pip08456 · 09-02-2016, 10:21

Have you checked to see if there is a BIOS upgrade to fix the issue? I've never heard of a MoBo that takes a x64 cpu being limited to only 3Gb memory.

Synthetic · 10-02-2016, 15:28

3GB is a very odd limit too, usually goes in 2's (2GB, 4GB, 8GB etc)

EDIT: if you use the scanner at the below link it'll confirm how much RAM your mobo can support

http://uk.crucial.com/gbr/en/systemscanner

Taf · 10-02-2016, 15:38

Hmm.. the scanner fails to run

"CrucialUKScan.exe The application failed to initialise properly"

General Maximus · 10-02-2016, 15:41

you are doomed

Synthetic · 10-02-2016, 15:44

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Originally Posted by Taf

Hmm.. the scanner fails to run

"CrucialUKScan.exe The application failed to initialise properly"

Strange. Just ran it myself from that link, something definitely up with your system

pip08456 · 10-02-2016, 16:18

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Originally Posted by Synthetic

3GB is a very odd limit too, usually goes in 2's (2GB, 4GB, 8GB etc)

EDIT: if you use the scanner at the below link it'll confirm how much RAM your mobo can support

http://uk.crucial.com/gbr/en/systemscanner

That scan told me the max was 2GB, I have 3 (Intel cpu) but can actually use 4 if I wish.

That said mine is an old laptop. Main desktop has 16GB but can take 32.

alanbjames · 10-02-2016, 20:22

Scanner told me a max of 8GB on my board yet im running 16GB and i know its a max of 32GB.

General Maximus · 10-02-2016, 20:51

works ok for me, correctly identified motherboard and said 16/32.

Synthetic · 11-02-2016, 07:05

Weird, it's always been spot on for me!

heero_yuy · 11-02-2016, 07:44

Correctly identifies my old war horse can only have 2gb RAM (Installed) I do have an SSD for the main apps and OS so it still runs fairly well on XP.

Like Taf I don't spend money where it's not really needed. I did sport out on a 27" 1080 compatable monitor though last year as my eyes don't get any better and CAD work does strain them.

JordanTheToaster · 11-02-2016, 14:05

That program is either on drugs or it's terrible i'm guessing both since it said i have a max of 4 despite me having 32

Kushan · 11-02-2016, 18:15

I wouldn't trust any tool to tell you what your maximum is, there's no way for the tool to reliably know this. You need to identify your motherboard model with something like speccy, then do some googling to find the true limit.

Don't necessarily assume that the manual for the motherboard is correct, often this is down to higher-capacity modules not being available when the motherboard was released, so they can't claim it supports higher capacities because it was never tested. You get the same thing on phones with expandable storage, they'll usually say "Supports Micro SDHC up to 64GB or something, but when 128GB or 256GB cards come along, they work just fine.

General Maximus · 11-02-2016, 18:38

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Originally Posted by Kushan

they'll usually say "Supports Micro SDHC up to 64GB or something, but when 128GB or 256GB cards come along, they work just fine.

interesting point, I have never thought about that before or tried it. Has anyone else?

pip08456 · 12-02-2016, 19:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kushan

I wouldn't trust any tool to tell you what your maximum is, there's no way for the tool to reliably know this. You need to identify your motherboard model with something like speccy, then do some googling to find the true limit.

Don't necessarily assume that the manual for the motherboard is correct, often this is down to higher-capacity modules not being available when the motherboard was released, so they can't claim it supports higher capacities because it was never tested. You get the same thing on phones with expandable storage, they'll usually say "Supports Micro SDHC up to 64GB or something, but when 128GB or 256GB cards come along, they work just fine.

Also when higher capacity come along there's usually a BIOS update to cover them which doesn't happen automatically.