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allurajareddy   02-13-2012 at 07:40:32 AM

It is usable only 2.98 GB is seeing there What is the Problem I'm Using the Windows7 ultimate 32-bit

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Brett928S2   02-13-2012 at 08:06:53 AM

Hi :)

Of what ?

All the best Brett :)

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bumnut53   02-13-2012 at 09:47:31 AM

32 bit OS is the problem, upgrade to 64 bit if all your RAM is not available.

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das_stig   02-13-2012 at 11:06:26 AM

32-Bit Windows will normally only allow you to see at most 3.5GB of usuable memory, as some is reserved by the system. Also onboard video will steal ram use as video memory.

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gamerk316   02-13-2012 at 02:21:47 PM

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32-bit



Theres your problem.

32-bit OS's can not use any more then 4GB of RAM. That includes addressing to hardware. In most circumstances, the PCI and PCI-E busses are responsable for eating about 1GB of that space [varies depending on the exact motherboard layout].

The only way to use all your RAM is to move to a 64-bit OS.

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duxducis   02-13-2012 at 04:04:09 PM

like to ask 2.98gb out of what? i would assume 2x2gb sticks,
thou its possible to have 1gb+2gb sticks.
also the biggest mistake i seen is when people max video ram size on onboard video card (as stated above) if you can set it to 512 or 768mb don't mean you have to,
128mb is plenty, maybe 256mb if you play some games.

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