Vista - 32-bit 4GB RAM, mine is recognized..???

**Vista_32bit** · 03-23-2009

Hey everyone I just upgraded my RAM to some really great corsair high performance ram. I have 32bit vista, I put 4GB in just for the heck of it and it showed up as 4GB installed in my System Properties, I think I heard microsoft did this so users would stop complaining about the ram not being recognized, is this true or does my system really recognize it?

**H2SO4** · 03-23-2009

Yes, it's true. As of SP1, the number being reported is the "installed" RAM, which is 4.0GB, and not the amount left for the OS after hardware MMIO takes its chunk, which is generally somewhere between 3.0 and 3.75GB on most machines. If you run WINVER you should see the "real" number.

**Vista_32bit** · 03-23-2009

Quote: Originally Posted by H2SO4

Yes, it's true. As of SP1, the number being reported is the "installed" RAM, which is 4.0GB, and not the amount left for the OS after hardware MMIO takes its chunk, which is generally somewhere between 3.0 and 3.75GB on most machines. If you run WINVER you should see the "real" number.

Ah, thank you very much. About 3.7GB which isn't bad. But luckily I have a 64-bit copy of vista standing by

**archie123** · 03-23-2009

i was proably just so everyone would stop asking the question "why does only 3.5gig of my 4gb of ram show up"

Coding Horror: Dude, Where's My 4 Gigabytes of RAM?

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03-23-2009	#2 (permalink)
H2SO4 Win7x64 1,241 posts	Re: 32-bit 4GB RAM, mine is recognized..??? Yes, it's true. As of SP1, the number being reported is the "installed" RAM, which is 4.0GB, and not the amount left for the OS after hardware MMIO takes its chunk, which is generally somewhere between 3.0 and 3.75GB on most machines. If you run WINVER you should see the "real" number.
My System Specs

03-23-2009	#3 (permalink)
Vista_32bit Vista Home Premium x64 130 posts	Re: 32-bit 4GB RAM, mine is recognized..??? Quote: Originally Posted by H2SO4 Yes, it's true. As of SP1, the number being reported is the "installed" RAM, which is 4.0GB, and not the amount left for the OS after hardware MMIO takes its chunk, which is generally somewhere between 3.0 and 3.75GB on most machines. If you run WINVER you should see the "real" number. Ah, thank you very much. About 3.7GB which isn't bad. But luckily I have a 64-bit copy of vista standing by
My System Specs

03-23-2009	#4 (permalink)
archie123 Vista Home Premium 64bit SP2 1,743 posts	Re: 32-bit 4GB RAM, mine is recognized..??? i was proably just so everyone would stop asking the question "why does only 3.5gig of my 4gb of ram show up" Coding Horror: Dude, Where's My 4 Gigabytes of RAM?
My System Specs

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