- Feb 14, 2012
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I recently completed a B75 Pro3-M build and am planning on making it a dual boot Windows 7/XP system. I have 8 gigs of ram (4 x2, dual channel), so I was thinking of trying Xfast RAM since it would (according to all accounts) allow XP to take advantage of the additional ram above 4gigs. My understanding is that it creates a partition on the HDD. If I wanted to use it in a dual boot situation, could that cause problems with the extra partition?
What if I wanted to use it for both installations? Would it make 2 partitions, and would the software know which one is which? I've read that for 64 bit you only need to set about 1 gig aside. For XP wouldn't it be more like 4, or am I being too literal?
It seems that there aren't many ASRock users out there who've tried this, so I've yet to find a precedent online.
Also, which other ASRock tools should I use or avoid? The manual for the mobo inplies that Xfast LAN will improve internet connection speeds, but I've read at least one forum poster saying that it has no bearing on internet.
I just want to make sure that I'm maximizing the potential of my new build.
What if I wanted to use it for both installations? Would it make 2 partitions, and would the software know which one is which? I've read that for 64 bit you only need to set about 1 gig aside. For XP wouldn't it be more like 4, or am I being too literal?
It seems that there aren't many ASRock users out there who've tried this, so I've yet to find a precedent online.
Also, which other ASRock tools should I use or avoid? The manual for the mobo inplies that Xfast LAN will improve internet connection speeds, but I've read at least one forum poster saying that it has no bearing on internet.
I just want to make sure that I'm maximizing the potential of my new build.
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