Satellite A200-1BW - BIOS issue

I have the above laptop downgraded to purchase Vista Ultimate to WXP SR2, but I'll have questions, get the BIOS to recognize that there is 4 GB of RAM in there. He thinks that there is 3GB.

Two ram chips have been checked and they are pairs of 2 GB.
The version of the BIOS that is running is 1.4.

The 3 questions I have are:

1. What is the portable version, should I be selection when choosing my laptop to look for a BIOS upgrade, I guess it's the (Satellite A200 (PSAEC) as is the farm that need the code of the laptop on the back, I don't see that the A200-1BW listed anywhere on your site. It is an upgrade of the BIOS so I want to make sure that I applied the correct version.

2. what BIOS should I be executed, because the BIOS in Vista is currently 1.8 and the BIOS XP currently 5.8, it seems that my laptop is running the wrong version of the BIOS for my operating system.

3 upgrades new BIOS (if any) does the problem of 3 to 4 GB?

Note: It is not that memory does not appear in Windows XP Home edition, it's the BIOS screen post indicating that he has only 3 GB on the machine when there are actually 4GB

Thanks in advance
Tony

With regard to the number of question

(1) the serial number of the laptop is found at the bottom of the unit. Check the label. I found the info also, that the A200-1BW would belong to the PSAECE series.

(2) If you are using the operating system XP on this laptop you must update the BIOS to the XP version. If you want to use Vista, updated the BIOS to the version of Vista.

(3) usually after the BIOS update the 4 GB of memory should be recognized.
Note _But; _ the version of Vista 32 bit will always be use only 3 GB of RAM due to the limitation of the 32 bit OS!

Best regards

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