Vista - 2GB of memory = 'unrecoverable processor error'

I recently added 2GB of RAM to my host machine so I increased memory for VPC
from 1 to 2.5 GB. However, this yields an "unrecoverable processor error"
with Reset VPC button. That leads to an endless loop of restarts. Through
trial and error, I was able to run VPC with 1999 MB but not 2000 MB. Is this
the limit for VPC?

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AMD 64 X2 4200+ | 4GB RAM | XP SP2 host |VPC 2007 running WinME

On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:04:00 -0700, ginahoy
<ginahoy@xxxxxx> wrote:
Nope, have you run a test of your RAM to verify that it's all good?
I've run VMs with 2GB+ of RAM, although not on an x86 OS.

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Cheers,
Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
http://vpc.essjae.com/
I do not work for Microsoft.

Thanks, Steve. Your response prompted me to check my memory. As it turns out,
one of the 1GB modules was bad -- it had so many errors I had to stop the
test! Moreover, it was one of the original modules. I can't believe I've been
using my computer for nearly 6 months with bad memory! OCZ made good on their
lifetime warranty and the new modules just arrived.

However, I still can't increase VPC memory setting above 2GB without getting
the "unrecoverable processor error".

I'm going to test the new memory overnight but it seems highly unlikely the
replacements would be bad. There must be another issue that's causing the
problem.

BTW, my host OS is XP Home, which I understand is not officially supported
by MS, but it seems to be common knowledge that it works just fine. Could
this explain my problem?

XP limits 2GB per application. Look at http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system...AE/PAEmem.mspx to find out how to increase this limit to 3GB

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