I have 5gb of DDR2 ram in my tower at the moment and to my understanding I would have to upgrade my 32bit Windows 7 to a 64bit Windows 7 to access all 5 gigs, but when I check it says only 3gbs are usable? Can anyone enlighten me on this situation and where I went wrong??
Are you saying that you upgraded to a 64 bit OS, and you still only see 3GB of RAM? If you are still on a 32bit OS, then 3GB is about what you can expect to see if you have integrated video.
Are you saying that you upgraded to a 64 bit OS, and you still only see 3GB of RAM? If you are still on a 32bit OS, then 3GB is about what you can expect to see if you have integrated video.
If none of those work try resetting BIOS to defaults. Worked for me when I had RAM issues when I first had my build. Sometimes the BIOS just has to reset and reassess what memory is in the motherboard.