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TinkerMan
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Middleton BIOS fail

#1 Post by TinkerMan » Sat May 25, 2019 6:10 am

so, here I was today cleaning an old T61 14' wide, i decided to apply the middleton bios.
all went well, didnt brick the thing, i restart and .... nothing, still 3 GB usable

funny thing, in the bios the system saw the 8 gigs with its original February 2008 bios, also inside windows in properties it saw it was 8 gigs but only 3 usable, but even after the bios update that didnt change, still 3 GB usable

am I missing something?
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Re: Middleton BIOS fail

#2 Post by RealBlackStuff » Sat May 25, 2019 6:16 am

You probably run a 32-bit OS, install a 64-bit OS instead and you can use all 8GB.
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Re: Middleton BIOS fail

#3 Post by TinkerMan » Sat May 25, 2019 6:26 am

facepalm moment, of course I was,
I had the 32 bit win 7 in order to safely install the middleton bios, but I forgot to reinstall the 64 bit windows,
thanks dude
W530, 3840QM, 32GB, K2000M
P1, XEON 2176, 32GB ECC, P2000, IPS
X230, 3320M, 16GB, HD4000, IPS
T601F X9000, 8GB, X3100, UXGA FlexView 1600x1200
T61 14" 4:3, T9500, 8GB, NVS140M
T60 14" 4:3, T7600, 3GB, GMA950
P71, 7700HQ, 16GB, P600, IPS
T470 6300U
R61i, T430s
RIP: T43p, X201
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TinkerMan
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Re: Middleton BIOS fail

#4 Post by TinkerMan » Sat May 25, 2019 6:43 am

could a moderator please delete this thread? it takes place for no good reason.
thanks
W530, 3840QM, 32GB, K2000M
P1, XEON 2176, 32GB ECC, P2000, IPS
X230, 3320M, 16GB, HD4000, IPS
T601F X9000, 8GB, X3100, UXGA FlexView 1600x1200
T61 14" 4:3, T9500, 8GB, NVS140M
T60 14" 4:3, T7600, 3GB, GMA950
P71, 7700HQ, 16GB, P600, IPS
T470 6300U
R61i, T430s
RIP: T43p, X201
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Re: Middleton BIOS fail

#5 Post by olddog » Fri Aug 23, 2019 8:09 am

TinkerMan wrote: ↑
Sat May 25, 2019 6:43 am
 could a moderator please delete this thread? it takes place for no good reason.
thanks
On the contrary, it provides very pertinent information for somebody who has made the same mistake as you.

And it also reminds us, when we make a silly mistake, that we are not alone. Far from it.
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Re: Middleton BIOS fail

#6 Post by wujstefan » Mon Aug 26, 2019 1:39 am

olddog wrote: ↑
Fri Aug 23, 2019 8:09 am
 And it also reminds us, when we make a silly mistake, that we are not alone. Far from it.
This.

Apart from that, you actually do not need Middleton to see 8gigs of RAM in your system :) It works on stock bios just fine.
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