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jasonwc   08-04-2008 at 08:01:58 PM

Greetings,

Q? Can I create a Ramdrive with extra ram over the 4gig level in Xp Pro 32bit?

Please dont hit me back with 64 bit XP/Vista, Server versions or the funky extension hack. With ram so cheap i just want to add 4 more gigs to my 2gig setup. Create a 2 gig ramdrive/swapfile.

If it matters i'm runnin a Asus p5n32sli SE deluxe mobo.

Thank you for your help

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xxjudgmentxx   08-04-2008 at 08:11:03 PM
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jasonwc wrote :

Greetings,

Q? Can I create a Ramdrive with extra ram over the 4gig level in Xp Pro 32bit?

Please dont hit me back with 64 bit XP/Vista, Server versions or the funky extension hack. With ram so cheap i just want to add 4 more gigs to my 2gig setup. Create a 2 gig ramdrive/swapfile.

If it matters i'm runnin a Asus p5n32sli SE deluxe mobo.

Thank you for your help



A: nope

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rodney_ws   08-04-2008 at 08:31:06 PM
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You could buy one of those PCI/PCI-E cards that allow you to install RAM on them... those act as very fast hard drives and come with the added benefit of a battery backup (albeit a short-lived one)

I'm pretty sure Tom's did a review on a couple of those things recently.

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xxjudgmentxx   08-04-2008 at 08:37:06 PM
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rodney_ws wrote :

This is what I was thinking of...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I-RAM



i think buying a $130+ I-RAM kinda defeats the OPs desire to add cheap swap space.

Not to mention DDR-400 (required for I-RAM) is ~$90 for 4GB (4x1GB) whereas DDR2-800 is ~$70.


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Scotteq   08-04-2008 at 08:56:01 PM
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You can also try: http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007 [...] 03-server/

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xxjudgmentxx   08-04-2008 at 09:00:33 PM
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Scotteq wrote :

You can also try: http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007 [...] 03-server/



solid. didn't know they got it working for vista. this would work fine.

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