chipset limitation problem

[bj2010]

Hi every body,
I add 2-512 to my existing 2-512 but I get chipset limitation message.
my computer can handle 2 GB. the memories are the same. I have XP pro 32 bits. 2 GB shows at system info but does not show when I right click "my computer" icon. so the problem is OS. is there any way that I can fix this without reintalling or re formatting my OS?
thanks

 

[wolfeking]

it shouldnt be a OS problem. XP 32bit reads up to 3.6Gb. If you have a video card or other random access memory devices installed, that will eat into your memory seen. (like if you had 4 GB of RAM and a 1GB GPU, you would only see 2.6 GB available memory).

 

[bj2010]

it shouldnt be a OS problem. XP 32bit reads up to 3.6Gb. If you have a video card or other random access memory devices installed, that will eat into your memory seen. (like if you had 4 GB of RAM and a 1GB GPU, you would only see 2.6 GB available memory).

so when I had ! gb it means part of it would be used by some thing else?how can i find if I have such a device, I have video card?

 

[StrangleHold]

What motherboard?