Asus P5KPL-CM, posted memory size in bios.

[bluesky]

Hi.

Quick help will be much appreciated.

I installed 2 sticks of Cosair with 2 gig each, and bios is posting
4087mb OK(installed memory size 4096mb).

When I installed 2 sticks of 1 gig each Cosair, it posted
2039mb OK(installed memory size 2048mb).

I tried just one stick of one gig and it posted 1015mb, yes minus 9 from 1024.

Is it normal for this board?
Did the 9 mb go for something else, like graphic since I don't install any card?
I never seen it from other brand mobo.

If it's not normal, I can take it back to Frys.


Thanks for any help.

 

[ElBurro]

I can't say if it's normal for that board to do that but I'm curious what Windows is reporting.

 

[bluesky]

CPU-Z is reporting correct size.
Anyone has same issue with any Asus board?
Thanks.

 

[ElBurro]

If CPU-Z and Windows is reporting the correct size I wouldn't worry about it too much. But that's just me.

 

[tcsenter]

Its normal for Intel's chipset. Whether or not the BIOS actually shows the 8MB ~ 16MB that will be reserved for certain system functions is a design choice.