4Gb of RAM in a 925XE Neo Platinum, BIOS reports 2.75GB?

[RoboJ1M]

Hi,

Think I might have shot myself in the foot here, but:

Got an MSI 925XE Neo Platinum (MSI-7053)

I've installed 4 x 1GB stick of Crucial DDR2-PC4200 CL4 (CT2KIT12864AA53E) which the board claims to accept (although it does say you might not be able to use all of it)

I though this was talking about Windows limitations, but the BIOS itself is only reporting 2.75GB installed RAM.

I've updated the BIOS to 1.7, no difference.

Am I completely stuffed or does anybody know a fix?

Thanks,

J1M.

[Agent]

Search. Its covered almost every day.

Its due to the 32bit limit being hit with memory addressing.
If your BIOS has a memory remap feature, you can get it to "see" it all, but thats pointless if you're running a 32bit OS

Sadly, some boards are coded with a 32bit limit and no BIOS changes will get around it. Depends on the board.