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Old 02-08-2007   #10 (permalink)
Colin Barnhorst


 
 

Re: 4gb RAM not showing up

Not true. The OS uses all 4GB but hides a portion from user programs. The
portion you see is the user space, but all is used.

"ghstbstr" <ghstbstr@ghstbstr.com> wrote in message
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> 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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