Vista - 4gb RAM not showing up

"ghstbstr" <ghstbstr@ghstbstr.com> wrote

> Okay "JP" and "Rock", well I knew about that Microsoft Article for about
> aweek now and I have tried what it says more then once and it does not
> work as all I get is errors and issues from Windows and yes my
> motherboard(M2N32-SLI Deluxe/Wireless Edition) is capable of 8GB of
> memory. So then tell why I can't get it to work? Because if I could get it
> to work it would make me very happy, but so far I have had no luck. So
> whatever info that I could be provided with would be great.

> "JP" <jp@hotmail.com> wrote
>> 1. Vista 32 bit will support up to 4GB of RAM. Not sure where some of
>> these people
>> are getting their info from. (scroll down to the middle of the page - it
>> talks about
>> memory)
>>
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...ons/64bit.mspx
>>
>> 2. There is a known issue with Vista (and Win2003) reporting 4GB of RAM.
>>
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929580/en-us
>>
>> Do yourself a favor. Check the Microsoft Knowledgebase and the MS Vista
>> web pages first. Info you get in NGs is not always the most reliable.

> "Rock" <rock@nospam.net> wrote
>> This is incorrect. x86 versions of Vista and XP can use 4GB of memory.
>> Some of the memory is used by the system and hardware, so less than 4GB
>> will be seen in the OS, how much less depends on the hardware. But all
>> 4GB can be used.

> "ghstbstr" <ghstbstr@ghstbstr.com> wrote
>> You have to a 64-bit windows OS for you to be able to use 4GB of memory
>> in your PC. A 32-bit windows OS only allows 2GB of memory, also if you
>> leave that 4GB of memory in your PC with the 32-bit windows OS will have
>> some errors and issues with that.

Not that I'm saying I can help you, but to begin with it's not clear what
your problem is. You can't get what to work?

--
Rock [MVP - User/Shell]

What no help on this issue?!



"ghstbstr" <ghstbstr@ghstbstr.com> wrote in message
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>
> Okay "JP" and "Rock", well I knew about that Microsoft Article for about
> aweek now and I have tried what it says more then once and it does not
> work as all I get is errors and issues from Windows and yes my
> motherboard(M2N32-SLI Deluxe/Wireless Edition) is capable of 8GB of
> memory. So then tell why I can't get it to work? Because if I could get it
> to work it would make me very happy, but so far I have had no luck. So
> whatever info that I could be provided with would be great.
>
>
> "JP" <jp@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:uoJXxozSHHA.4276@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> 1. Vista 32 bit will support up to 4GB of RAM. Not sure where some of
>> these people
>> are getting their info from. (scroll down to the middle of the page - it
>> talks about
>> memory)
>>
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...ons/64bit.mspx
>>
>> 2. There is a known issue with Vista (and Win2003) reporting 4GB of RAM.
>>
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929580/en-us
>>
>> Do yourself a favor. Check the Microsoft Knowledgebase and the MS Vista
>> web pages first. Info you get in NGs is not always the most reliable.
>>
>
> "Rock" <rock@nospam.net> wrote in message
> news:eG6vkL0SHHA.4832@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> This is incorrect. x86 versions of Vista and XP can use 4GB of memory.
>> Some of the memory is used by the system and hardware, so less than 4GB
>> will be seen in the OS, how much less depends on the hardware. But all
>> 4GB can be used.
>
> "ghstbstr" <ghstbstr@ghstbstr.com> wrote
>> You have to a 64-bit windows OS for you to be able to use 4GB of memory
>> in your PC. A 32-bit windows OS only allows 2GB of memory, also if you
>> leave that 4GB of memory in your PC with the 32-bit windows OS will have
>> some errors and issues with that.
>>
>

Have you got the latest BIOS for the motherboard, released on 18 January?

--
Jane, not plain 64 bit enabled :-)
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"ghstbstr" <ghstbstr@ghstbstr.com> wrote in message
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>
> What no help on this issue?!
>
>
>
> "ghstbstr" <ghstbstr@ghstbstr.com> wrote in message
> news:%23LpHzW1SHHA.1000@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>
>> Okay "JP" and "Rock", well I knew about that Microsoft Article for about
>> aweek now and I have tried what it says more then once and it does not
>> work as all I get is errors and issues from Windows and yes my
>> motherboard(M2N32-SLI Deluxe/Wireless Edition) is capable of 8GB of
>> memory. So then tell why I can't get it to work? Because if I could get
>> it to work it would make me very happy, but so far I have had no luck. So
>> whatever info that I could be provided with would be great.
>>
>>
>> "JP" <jp@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:uoJXxozSHHA.4276@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> 1. Vista 32 bit will support up to 4GB of RAM. Not sure where some of
>>> these people
>>> are getting their info from. (scroll down to the middle of the page - it
>>> talks about
>>> memory)
>>>
>>> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...ons/64bit.mspx
>>>
>>> 2. There is a known issue with Vista (and Win2003) reporting 4GB of
>>> RAM.
>>>
>>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929580/en-us
>>>
>>> Do yourself a favor. Check the Microsoft Knowledgebase and the MS Vista
>>> web pages first. Info you get in NGs is not always the most reliable.
>>>
>>
>> "Rock" <rock@nospam.net> wrote in message
>> news:eG6vkL0SHHA.4832@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> This is incorrect. x86 versions of Vista and XP can use 4GB of memory.
>>> Some of the memory is used by the system and hardware, so less than 4GB
>>> will be seen in the OS, how much less depends on the hardware. But all
>>> 4GB can be used.
>>
>> "ghstbstr" <ghstbstr@ghstbstr.com> wrote
>>> You have to a 64-bit windows OS for you to be able to use 4GB of memory
>>> in your PC. A 32-bit windows OS only allows 2GB of memory, also if you
>>> leave that 4GB of memory in your PC with the 32-bit windows OS will have
>>> some errors and issues with that.
>>>
>>
>