You guys are all making this far too complicated! Aryeh mentioned in his first message that he's running Vista x64 and Ubuntu x64, so the XP issues aren't relevant here.
Aryeh, just go into the BIOS and turn off the silly extended memory test. While you're there, take a look at the help panel on that BIOS page where it says "Recent operating systems usually do not require Extended Memory Initialization." :-) Problem solved. -Mike On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 9:50 AM, RayBay <[email protected]> wrote: > See Microsoft Memory Management in MSDN at > > > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa366525%28VS.85%29.aspx > > > You can get around the 3 GB memory limit on some computers... and by > installing Windows 64 bit version... > > > But the problem remains for the average Thinkpad with Windows XP > Professional, the limit is 3 GB. > > > You can learn more by doing a Google search for, windows xp *3gb* > limit< > http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ei=Lm8qS-uYNdT4nAfzlJnqCA&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&ved=0CAYQBSgA&q=windows+xp+3gb+limit&spell=1 > > > > or by going to the Microsoft web site. > > > Ray > > > - - - - - > > Rules for Writers: Remember to never split an infinitive; > The passive voice should never be used; > and, last, but not least, avoid cliches like the plague! > > .. ... .... ..... ...... ....... ........ > William Saffire > > > On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 9:52 AM, Chris Schumann <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > On 12/17/2009 03:58 AM, Aryeh Goretsky (home) wrote: > > > >> Hello, > >> > >> I noticed that my ThinkPad T61p (Model 6459-CTO) only detects > >> 3070MB of RAM when performing the extended test at POST, but > >> installed memory in the BIOS reports 4096MB. I have two 2GB > >> SO-DIMMs from Crucial installed. Swapping the SO-DIMMS makes > >> no difference. > >> > >> Motherboard was replaced under EasyServ because of this and I > >> had some problems running 3-D graphic intensive applications > >> (appears to be a known issue with the nVidia graphics chip). > >> Upon its return, I installed a new HDD and loaded Windows 7. > >> > >> The BIOS Version is 2.26 and the Embedded Controller Version > >> is 1.08. > >> > > I'd wager it's a bug in the BIOS since all the memory appears to your OS. > > You could try something like MemTest86+ or another RAM diagnostic. PC > Doctor > > might even be on the machine already too. > > > > Chris > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Thinkpad mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad > > > _______________________________________________ > Thinkpad mailing list > [email protected] > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad > > _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
