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Old 02-07-2007   #5 (permalink)
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Re: 4gb RAM not showing up


You have to a 64-bit windows OS for you to be able to use 4GB of memory in
your PC. A 32-bit windows OS only allows 2GB of memory, also if you leave
that 4GB of memory in your PC with the 32-bit windows OS will have some
errors and issues with that.


"stryker719" <stryker719@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6AB96F89-B1FF-45BF-B599-9CA4945BCE75@microsoft.com...

>I have 4gb of RAM installed on my system. During bootup, my BIOS
>identifies
> correctly that I have 4gb. My motherboard supports 4gb. I have the
> latest
> motherboard drivers installed, and they are compatible with Vista.
> However,
> Vista says I only have 2,301.75 MB. What's going on?


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