BIOS Updates forum

update: i disabled legacy USB in my bios and wa-la! everything works now weird tho, i had to resize my windows display back to 1680x1050 and had to rechoose my preferred wireless network connect don't understand why certain things were reset, but now everything works, and BIOS/WIN XP/SISOFT SANDRA r...

so my Bios and Windows XP now recognize all my 1.5 gig RAM =) unfortunately - my keyboard + mouse (USB) don't work in winxp now (they do work in BIOS and if I boot WinXP safe) furthermore my 22" monitor display went from 1680x1050 to 640x480, wth? i believe this may be an incompatibility with Via ch...

thanks RAF, ok, i just flashed my bios to a newer version, and i THINK that it sees the all the ram

however, my VIA USB chipset drivers are screwed up now, not allowing me to use my USB ports (so i can't type/use mouse in win xp)
i suppose i could get a ps2 adapter

that means 64mB per chip, right


this is what it says on the msicomputer.com website for my mobo:
Note: PC3200 (DDR400) maximum 4 banks (2 double-sided) only


uh oh

Don't have another board at this time
how would i test, run memtest86.exe?

my bios is American Megatrends v7.00T

there are chips on both sides
Crucial part number is CT12864Z40B.K16TKY
the label on the stick itself says - 1 GB 184-PIN DIMM 128x64 DDR PC3200 UNBUFF

it uses Samsung chips

specs MSI MS-7032-02 K8T Neo-V AMD Athlon 64 Socket 754 Motherboard Crucial 1gb RAM, pc3200 DDR, non-ecc (only ram chip installed) the result is always the same - bios and windows recognizes it as 256mB I'm getting the feeling it's a chipset density limitation, however - as stated by the specs for m...