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02-23-2019 04:51 PM
Product: DC5100
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 (64-bit)
Hi
i have an DC5100 and i have upgrade the memory at 4x1GB PC2 5300 667MHz ...
The bios and windows 7 see the memory like a PC2 4200 533MHZ and only use 3,2 GB.
How can i solution it ?
Thank you 🙂
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02-23-2019 05:24 PM - edited 02-23-2019 05:24 PM
Hi:
That is perfectly normal.
The other 800 MB went to hardware support such as the graphics adapter.
As far as the memory speed, the Intel 910/915 chipset your PC has can only run the memory at a max of 533 MHz.
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