I had Windows Vista Installed earlier (Ultimate with sp1). It showed me as having 4 gigs of ram. Before I installed Service pack 1, I had 3.5 or 3.25 gigs visible.
Now before I installed Sp1 I had only 2.5....What is going on? With SP 1 it sees 4 gigs...but why is it that I only have 2.5 gigs usable compared to before which was 3.5 or 3.25??? This is nuts
You do not and will not gain more RAM access than you had before. If you need that that much RAM in a windows environment you will have to go to a 64 bit OS.
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Exactly, if you run a 32 bit OS, you can't take advantage of all 4 gigs, the OS gets messed up on the addressing. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but MS may let you upgrade to the 64 bit pretty cheap since you already have the 32 bit OS. Anyone else heard that? Anyway, if you could do that, it should let you use all 4 gb.
If you have the 32 bit retail version, MSFT will send you a CD of the 64 bit for something like $11 for shipping and handling. If you have a store bought computer, which has an OEM install obviously, or bought an OEM copy of the OS, then you have to buy it.
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Yes I understand that lol ...I kno I can't use 4 gigs of ram, but I had 3.25 displayed before and now only about 2.5 (even though Vista SHows the 4 gigs)
Since the change I have 5.7 Vista Experience compared to 5.9 when Vista saw 3.25
I had Windows Vista Installed earlier (Ultimate with sp1). It showed me as having 4 gigs of ram. Before I installed Service pack 1, I had 3.5 or 3.25 gigs visible.
Now before I installed Sp1 I had only 2.5....What is going on? With SP 1 it sees 4 gigs...but why is it that I only have 2.5 gigs usable compared to before which was 3.5 or 3.25??? This is nuts
I pulled that from your signature. That right there means that no more than 3GB can be addressed. and you would have seen a drop of about half a gig by adding a second video card, you do that recently?
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I have 4 gig of g-skill 800 and xp shows 3.5 which is correct.
Scotteq If you have the 32 bit retail version, MSFT will send you a CD of the 64 bit for something like $11 for shipping and handling. If you have a store bought computer, which has an OEM install obviously, or bought an OEM copy of the OS, then you have to buy it.
is correct.and it would be worth doing also.hope this helps you
also have two pc at my shop that we just loaded vista sp1 and both show 4 gig of ram.it will show it correctly!
may be time for old major to upgrade to vista now uh.
Message edited by major53 on 03-20-2008 at 09:08:43 PM
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