The MOBO Bios may be coded not to show the option unless 4GB of memory is
installed.
The problem is you don't know unless you try upgrading to 4GB.
"Alfred Kaufmann" <al_kaufmann@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:
> It is an Asus M2N32-SLI Deluxe motherboard and the documentation reads
> that it supports up to 8GB of ram. I do have their lastest bios
> installed but their is no such option of memory remapping. They
> advertise the motherboard for Vista so maybe they will have a fix with
> their next bios update.
>
> Al
>
>
> On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 19:23:11 -0400, jabloomf1230
> <jabloomf@xxxxxx> wrote:
> Quote:
>>What's your brand and model of MB? It's new enough (AM2) and it should
>>have that option. If not, there may be a BIOS update for your MB that
>>adds that option to the BIOS setup.
>>
>>The main problem with going to 4MB is that some of the earlier versions
>>of nVidia Vista graphics drivers did not work properly with SOME
>>graphics cards and 4 GB of system RAM. Else, there shouldn't be a
>>problem with Vista x64.
>>
>>Alfred Kaufmann wrote: Quote:
>>> Thanks for the information everyone! I have Vista 64bit, an AM2
>>> motherboard and an AMD X2 64 processor but I can't find this "memory
>>> remap" option in my bios. Also from what I have been reading this
>>> upgrade is best avoided. :-(
>>>
>>> Al
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 10:26:20 -0700, "JW" <JW@xxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> He will not need to use the page file until the programs/data required
>>>> to be
>>>> kept in memory use up all of the extra 2GB in his system.
>>>> Alfred,
>>>> If you are running Vista 32 you will probably only get the benefit of a
>>>> little over 1GB of the extra memory you add. See the following:
>>>>
>>>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929605/en-us
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> .
>>>> "Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>> news:ePqmPnM6HHA.4584@xxxxxx
>>>>> Little to no improvement if you run "normal" applications.
>>>>>
>>>>> You will still need the pagefile.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> Richard Urban
>>>>> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
>>>>> (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Alfred Kaufmann" <al_kaufmann@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>>> news:e7t5d31d3g5a1qstsm4ebgt8mdnsgbi65k@xxxxxx
>>>>>> I am thinking of going to 4GB ram and I wonder if it is worth it?
>>>>>> The
>>>>>> only reason I am thinking of doing it is to turn off virtual memory
>>>>>> and eliminate swapping on the hard drive.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Please let me know your experience if you have done this upgrade.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Al
>>>>>>
>>>>>>