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Re: RAM Issue
2^32 is 4294967296 which is 4096MB and each memory location is a single byte.
Considering my WinXP box has 4GB of ram and works fine, also supports this.
There is a similar post to mine a few down where someone tried putting 4GB in
and it crashed.
"BigJim" wrote:
> windows 32 bit can only access about 3.5 meg of memory if you want to run
> more
> you need the 64 bit OS.
>
> "Andrew McNab" <AndrewMcNab@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C28EC6C8-EAE6-4087-8C8D-F8354E669D18@microsoft.com...
> > I've been running Vista Ultimate on 2GB of RAM fine but decided to upgrade
> > to
> > 4GB because the prefetch cache got up to 1.4GB. My BIOS reports 4075MB of
> > installed and useable RAM. Supports up to 8GB.
> >
> > Windows Vista only reports 3528MB RAM and results in a Blue Screen crash
> > when logging in or shortly afterwards. I tested the 2 new SIMS by
> > themselves
> > and tried combinations of the original 2 SIMS and either of the 2 new SIMS
> > to
> > make 3GB. Windows reports 3GB of RAM and runs fine.
> >
> > I was wondering if there was an issue with a certain amount of memory the
> > OS
> > can work with at this point. I'm running Vista Ultimate with the latest OS
> > updates.
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