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Old 11-22-2007   #11 (permalink)
Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]


 
 

Re: [Vista Business] Not recognize 4GB Ram - SonyVaio VGN-SZ57N/C + Vista Business

The system memory that is reported in the System Information dialog box in
Windows Vista is less than you expect if 4 GB of RAM is installed:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929605/en-us

Understanding Address Spaces and the 4GB Limit - [H]ard|Forum:
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1035670
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"ADO. Inconnu" <adoinconnu@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I bought my SonyVaio Notebook Computer (VGN-SZ57N, with 1GB of Ram) coming
> with an Vista Business installed, I can't work with its poor performance,
> so
> I bought / installed another new 4GB(2x2GB) Ram to replace the original
> 1GB
> of Ram(Product Spec. told that it support 4GB of Ram). As a result I
> realized both the Bios and Vista the OS seeing only 3GB(actually 3070MB)
> Physical Memory. I google around and I heard about Hardware's lacking of
> remapping feature and Software's 32 bit OS limitation issues, but I hope I
> still can hear someone here told me that this is an deadend for getting my
> current computer to see and work with 4GB of Ram.
>
> Please let me know whether this is a motherboard limitation or this is a
> matter of 32bit versions of Windows, any explaination... Thanks so much
> for
> your kindly help, I just felt sick of keeping search on this topic and I
> think I can accept all of this if this is a matter of time (People told me
> SP1 could solve all of this) or money (They told me I should upgrade to
> 64bit Vista Ultimate to work 4GB Ram). Hey, anyway thanks again, have a
> nice
> day.
>
> A.
>


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Old 11-23-2007   #12 (permalink)
Richard G. Harper


 
 

Re: [Vista Business] Not recognize 4GB Ram - SonyVaio VGN-SZ57N/C + Vista Business

Dude, it's a dead end if BIOS only sees 3gb. Pray tell, how will Linux fix
that for him? And if it will, will it fix my old Celeron laptop by turning
it into a dual-core powerhouse?

:-)

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"ray" <ray@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Not a 'dead end' at all - only with MS. Linux 32 bit systems will
> recongize up to 64gb.
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Old 11-23-2007   #13 (permalink)
HeyBub


 
 

Re: [Vista Business] Not recognize 4GB Ram - SonyVaio VGN-SZ57N/C + Vista Business

Richard G. Harper wrote:
Quote:

> Dude, it's a dead end if BIOS only sees 3gb. Pray tell, how will
> Linux fix that for him? And if it will, will it fix my old Celeron
> laptop by turning it into a dual-core powerhouse?
>
You obviously know nothing about Loonix. See the function:

f'(x) = imagine(0)+pretend(1)


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Old 11-24-2007   #14 (permalink)
Richard G. Harper


 
 

Re: [Vista Business] Not recognize 4GB Ram - SonyVaio VGN-SZ57N/C + Vista Business

Ah - sincere apologies, and thanks to you for setting me straight. ;-)

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"HeyBub" <heybub@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> You obviously know nothing about Loonix. See the function:
>
> f'(x) = imagine(0)+pretend(1)
>
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