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Windows only shows 3.5gigs of ram?
Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 6:51 pm
by kappage
I have 4 gigs of ram installed in my computer and windows xp is only showing 3.5gigs.
I am running a intel Dq965GF motherboard, and in teh bios it sees all of the ram.
Help please i am at a lan atm hurry back
Re: Windows only shows 3.5gigs of ram?
Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 6:53 pm
by dicecca112
that is all a 32bit OS can recognize. 64bit can recognize the full 4GB
Re: Windows only shows 3.5gigs of ram?
Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 7:02 pm
by kenc51
dicecca112 wrote:that is all a 32bit OS can recognize. 64bit can recognize the full 4GB
Correction, it's all a 32 bit
CPU can recognize
Re: Windows only shows 3.5gigs of ram?
Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 8:36 pm
by Zertz
kenc51 wrote:dicecca112 wrote:that is all a 32bit OS can recognize. 64bit can recognize the full 4GB
Correction, it's all a 32 bit
CPU can recognize
Correction: It's all a 64 bit CPU can recognize when running a 32 bit OS
Re: Windows only shows 3.5gigs of ram?
Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 8:45 pm
by kappage
Damn it!!!!!
Re: Windows only shows 3.5gigs of ram?
Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 4:41 am
by kenc51
Zertz wrote:kenc51 wrote:dicecca112 wrote:that is all a 32bit OS can recognize. 64bit can recognize the full 4GB
Correction, it's all a 32 bit
CPU can recognize
Correction: It's all a 64 bit CPU can recognize when running a 32 bit OS
The limitation has nothing to do with the CPU being 64 bit running in 32 bits!
It's the addressable memory of 32bits. The limit is still there with a Pentium pro
When running a 32 bit OS, the CPU IS 32 bit ;)
Re: Windows only shows 3.5gigs of ram?
Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 12:50 pm
by Dragon_Cooler
if you run windows 2003 it will work.
Re: Windows only shows 3.5gigs of ram?
Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 8:01 pm
by Zelig
Dragon_Cooler wrote:if you run windows 2003 it will work.
Only the 64-bit version of Windows Server 2003 will. In which case, you might as well run Vista 64-bit, since neither Server 2003 nor XP 64-bit (based off of Server 2003, rather than XP) have extensive hardware/software support.
Re: Windows only shows 3.5gigs of ram?
Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 9:59 am
by Mute
I use 4GB of RAM with Windows 2003 R2 Enterprise Service Pack2@32bits and can use 4GB of RAM. With XP i have the same problem.
