Chipset RAM "missing" from L1CACHE

[iamwonder]

My computer came with 512MB, L1 (1)128MB, L1 (2) zeroMB,

L2 (1) 256MB, L2 (2) zeroMB. There should be another 128MB in L1(2) or L2(2).

How do I recover it? I noticed my CPU was maxed out lately and could not handle Canon printer/scanner software I added recently. Just downloaded ACS and found out I only have 384MB RAM right now. :?:

[enoskype]

Hi iamwonder,

 

When you look at the properties of "My Computer", what is written there for the total amount of RAM?

 

Physically check the RAMs if they are seated correctly and if there is another 128 MB RAM as the fourth one.

 

Cheers.

[vman]

Check up your bios too. See whats going on there...

 

To get to the bios, press F2 when prompted(usually upon boot up)

[JustDave]

What model CPU? What utility are you using to read the cache capacities?

[iamwonder]

Belarc Profile of My Computer

 

Compaq Presario 061 RE467AA-ABA SR2010NX NA640

Board: ASUSTek Computer INC. NAOS 1.05

 

LITE-ON COMBO SOHC-4836K [CD-ROM drive]

 

ST3120213AS [Hard drive] (120.03 GB) -- drive 0

 

Memory Modules c,d

120.01 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity

101.56 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

 

448 Megabytes Installed Memory

Slot 'A0' has 256 MB

Slot 'A1' has 256 MB

 

Processor a

1.80 gigahertz AMD Sempron

128 kilobyte primary memory cache

256 kilobyte secondary memory cache

 

You can see from the above that I am missing 128MB installed memory.

[iamwonder]

Things I played with in my computer to return total Installed Memory

 

- new driver:-? (NVidia nforce from vendor site)

- REG_DWORD

- roll back driver

- system restore

- reset default BIOS (F5)

Other problems:

I stopped Win auto updates - recovery partition is bloated and locked.:-x

Win XP won't allow increase size of RP. Factory recovery disks have no index or setup choices (ie partition format/size).:evil:

[JustDave]

Are you talking about Belarc reporting 448M RAM vs 512M physically installed? Possibly your video card is sharing the "missing" 64M. That's not unusual on older systems.

 

 

edit: I've just re-read your posts and I confused as to whether your talking about main RAM or cache memory. If you're taking about the L1 and L2 caches, they're part the CPU and have nothing to do with BIOS or the chipset. The Sempron has a 128K L1 cache and a 256K L2 cache...I don't think you're missing anything.