I lost my RAM?
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- May 18, 2007
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Even with 32bits Windows you should still be able to access 3-3.5GB RAM.
(If you mean you have 2.3GB available/free on top of ~1GB in use, that would make it ~3.3GB total usable, which is within the range I was expecting above.)
(If you mean you have 2.3GB available/free on top of ~1GB in use, that would make it ~3.3GB total usable, which is within the range I was expecting above.)
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32 bit can only use 3g of RAM. So Windows and system devices are using about .7g in your setup leaving you with the rest as available RAM. The rest is wasted in the sense it contributes nothing to your systems performance or abilities. Lastly no there is nothing you can do to enable the 32 bit OS to use more of the RAM than it is. If you want to be able to have a bigger RAM pool available you will need to move to a 64 bit OS. This is not an upgrade process but will require a complete clean install.
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While the previous responses are technically correct, this sounds odd to me. How exactly is your RAM configured? What system/motherboard and processor are you using? What DIMMs are you using, and what slots are the plugged into?
Most systems need to have the DIMMs installed in pairs across channels or they act odd. While Intel chipsets and processors technically can handle differing modules, they can act in unusual manners. I know of one circumstance where a guy had a 2GB module, a 1GB module, and two 512MB modules, and his system counted it up, but would only allow for 2GB to be usable. As soon as he changed out the modules to just two 2GB modules, he could access all the memory without issue. I'm thinking this might be a possibility in your case, but I need more information to determine this.
Most systems need to have the DIMMs installed in pairs across channels or they act odd. While Intel chipsets and processors technically can handle differing modules, they can act in unusual manners. I know of one circumstance where a guy had a 2GB module, a 1GB module, and two 512MB modules, and his system counted it up, but would only allow for 2GB to be usable. As soon as he changed out the modules to just two 2GB modules, he could access all the memory without issue. I'm thinking this might be a possibility in your case, but I need more information to determine this.
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