Stevetron Posted October 6, 2007 Posted October 6, 2007 Hey all! I just purchases 2gb of ram for my computer on top of another 2 gb's that I already had. I checked and both stick work however windows only registers 3gb of ram. I've been reading some troubleshooting stuff on Microshaft and some forums but I haven't found a definitive fix. So i was hoping you all could help. thx in advance OS: Windows XP Home 32-bit Motherboard: Asus P5B (it supports up to 8gb of ram) Ram: 4gb Corsair Xms2 DDr2 800 (5-5-5-12 timings) Quote
Sparda Posted October 6, 2007 Posted October 6, 2007 Only 64bit OS's can use more then 3GB of RAM (as far as I know that is). Quote
Stevetron Posted October 6, 2007 Author Posted October 6, 2007 Yeah that's what I've seen but a few people say there is a certain tweak you can do however it's generally an ambiguous description. Quote
digip Posted October 6, 2007 Posted October 6, 2007 A thread on the same issue. Someone was discussing turning PAE on? I never don't know what that is(I think they meant Physical Address Extension), but maybe it would help: http://www.neowin.net/index.php?act=view&id=42757 http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/platf...PAE/PAEdrv.mspx Says windows can use 4gb of ram(on 32 bit XP) by default. Quote
Sparda Posted October 6, 2007 Posted October 6, 2007 What does KSysGuard show? Screen shot very necessary ;) Quote
Stevetron Posted October 7, 2007 Author Posted October 7, 2007 Windows System info is showing 4096 mb total (correct memory amount). Windows general tab is showing 2930mb and dxdiag is showing 3008. I think im just gonna pick up a copy of xp pro 64 bit edition and skip the PAE hassle. Quote
digip Posted October 7, 2007 Posted October 7, 2007 Is anything sharing the memory? Like Graphics card, etc.. It might be using all 4 gig but sharing some with another device. EX: I have 2gig of ram, but it only shows what is available to windows because my graphics card is using the rest. You need a 64 bit capable processor to run x64 System requirements Supported processors: AMD Athlon 64, AMD Opteron, Intel Xeon with Intel EM64T support, Intel Pentium 4 with Intel EM64T support 256 MB RAM 1.5 GB available hard-disk space Super VGA (800x600) or higher resolution video card CD-ROM or DVD drive Keyboard and Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/64bit/facts/trial.mspx Quote
Stevetron Posted October 7, 2007 Author Posted October 7, 2007 No problem there I have an intel e6600. My graphics card is an nvidia 7900 gt w/ 256 mb of ram. Quote
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