SPLN SUX Posted July 1, 2007 Report Share Posted July 1, 2007 So i bought a new "dispossible" computer and had a couple questions... i plugged in my ATI-PCIE 512DDR graphics card and installed it, but still only show 512MB of memory, and 64MB of memory allocated to graphics... wtf? How can i change this? Secondly, it came with 2 256MB sticks of ram, DDR2 PC4200... but i want to upgrade the shit out of it to like 2-4G... will any 240pin ram stick fit into the slot as long as its PC2-DDR2? I know my PC3200 sticks dont fit... but theyre only 184 pin. So i was just wondering if all the 240pin sticks have the notch in the same place... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHaze Posted July 1, 2007 Report Share Posted July 1, 2007 Did you install the video drivers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPLN SUX Posted July 1, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2007 Did you install the video drivers? i plugged in my ATI-PCIE 512DDR graphics card and installed it yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPLN SUX Posted July 1, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2007 its a compatability issue... i didnt realize Vista didnt support ATI control panel. guess i need a new card! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87GT Posted July 2, 2007 Report Share Posted July 2, 2007 Vista doesn't support shit. Go buy a copy of WinXP and keep your video card. Please provide me with the make and model of the motherboard if possible (take apart the case and look). Then after that I can answer your RAM question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPLN SUX Posted July 2, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2007 Its a PSLP-LE board... appearently its a HP MB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorne Posted July 2, 2007 Report Share Posted July 2, 2007 Just give me your video card. I will use it in my vista box =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPLN SUX Posted July 2, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2007 Just give me your video card. I will use it in my vista box =) Its a Radeon X700 SE... sell it to you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87GT Posted July 2, 2007 Report Share Posted July 2, 2007 I searched on all over and there is no hits for " PSLP-LE motherboard " or "hp pslp". Do you have a manual that came with the computer? I assume all 240pin RAM chips would work as long as the memory is at least 4200 like there is now. Usually motherboards will run slower ram along with faster RAM at the same time. Problem with that though is the motherboard will throttle all the RAM to one speed, the slowest RAM chip. Your manual will tell you for sure what speed RAM it takes. Try downloading " unknown device identifier " and look at your motherboard. Make sure it also says the same make and model as you said earlier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPLN SUX Posted July 3, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2007 its actully "P5LP-LE" its an ASUS board http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c00864946&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=3380263&lang=en Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STEVE-O Posted July 3, 2007 Report Share Posted July 3, 2007 well theres your problem, yes any ram should work but xp pro will blow up if you swap straight to 4 gigs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorne Posted July 3, 2007 Report Share Posted July 3, 2007 well theres your problem, yes any ram should work but xp pro will blow up if you swap straight to 4 gigs since when? I jumped from 1 to 4 at my old work. Actually. I just did it in vmware on my xp box Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
94Cruzer Posted July 3, 2007 Report Share Posted July 3, 2007 What would ATI CP have to do with compatibility? Every time I've installed an ATI video card I don't install the control panel... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tshensley Posted July 3, 2007 Report Share Posted July 3, 2007 your bios should have a setting for as how much memory to allocate for your video card. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate1647545505 Posted July 3, 2007 Report Share Posted July 3, 2007 well theres your problem, yes any ram should work but xp pro will blow up if you swap straight to 4 gigs XP/2003 Server Std support 4GB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STEVE-O Posted July 7, 2007 Report Share Posted July 7, 2007 obviously the ammount of memory is only limited by the board not the o/s, however I have seen multiple boards crash the o.s from swapping from 512 or 1 gig to 4 gigs of ram. Just saying it is possible and I ahve seen many people have this problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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