F fungyuenon Distinguished Feb 5, 2012 7 0 18,510 Apr 29, 2013 #1 on my laptop i have 3gb ram and windows vista 32x and i just bought 2x2gb ram sticks and my physical memory now is 2.90 when my memory was at 2.93, why sis it go down?
on my laptop i have 3gb ram and windows vista 32x and i just bought 2x2gb ram sticks and my physical memory now is 2.90 when my memory was at 2.93, why sis it go down?
markwp Dignified Jan 22, 2013 3,183 0 14,960 Apr 29, 2013 #2 Vista 32 will only recognize 3gb of ram. You need a 64 bit os in order to use more than 3gb. Mark Upvote 0 Downvote