Knuckleheddd 0 Newbie Poster

I have Windows Vista Home Basic 64-bit running on an abit NF-M2 nView MB with an AMD dual core 5600 processor.

I can't "see" the 8GB of Patriot memory (4x2 DDR2 5-5-5-12 800 MHZ) in Windows, and there's nowhere in the BIOS that lets me see the memory because of the bootup screen. I go to setup and I can't tell if the computer is seeing is seeing all the memory pre-Windows.

Any suggestions?