memory reported incorrectly in windows xp professional

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I have 4gb of ram installed, the motherboard test and recognizes and reports
it at startup. however, windows xp only show 3gb. is there a fix for this
or a way for windows xp pro to recognize it? Any help is appreciated
tommysart@verizon.net

 

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The "missing memory" may be in use by your
onboard video and other items. See your system
documentation.


"tomsblue" <tomsblue@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FB3E4A2F-B4C1-439E-86ED-608DE0E5D701@microsoft.com...
> I have 4gb of ram installed, the motherboard test and recognizes and
reports
> it at startup. however, windows xp only show 3gb. is there a fix for
this
> or a way for windows xp pro to recognize it? Any help is appreciated
> tommysart@verizon.net

 

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tomsblue wrote:
> I have 4gb of ram installed, the motherboard test and recognizes and reports
> it at startup. however, windows xp only show 3gb. is there a fix for this
> or a way for windows xp pro to recognize it? Any help is appreciated
> tommysart@verizon.net


Do you not have Service Pack 2 installed?

The System tool and Task Manager do not display 4 GB of RAM in Windows
Server 2003 and in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;888855


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