Hi
When I installed Vista 32-bit business, I had 2 Gb of RAM installed.
I installed an additional 2Gb of RAM and Vista still reports that I have 2
Gb RAM. The BOIS detects 4 Gb.

Any suggestions?

:t)homas

The system memory that is reported in the System Information dialog box in
Windows Vista is less than you expect if 4 GB of RAM is installed:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929605/en-us

Understanding Address Spaces and the 4GB Limit - [H]ard|Forum:
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1035670
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"Thomas N." <Thomas N.@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6CD7E9AB-3A02-4723-8E8B-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi
> When I installed Vista 32-bit business, I had 2 Gb of RAM installed.
> I installed an additional 2Gb of RAM and Vista still reports that I have 2
> Gb RAM. The BOIS detects 4 Gb.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> :t)homas

On 27-Nov-2007, "Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> The system memory that is reported in the System Information dialog box in
> Windows Vista is less than you expect if 4 GB of RAM is installed:

Vista 64bit supports 4GB, but depending on the motherboard you may only
see just over 3GB. Like my shiddy Asus P5VD2-X shows 4GB Crucial
installed, 3.268GB available, that's before Vista 64bit boots.
Vista only sees the available memory. Last time I buy Asus.
I think 32bit Vista may have a 2GB limit.

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:


>Vista 64bit supports 4GB, but depending on the motherboard you may only
>see just over 3GB.

No, that's true of the 32-bit version. 64-bit Vista can handle up to
128GB of RAM (IIRC). I don't know of any motherboard that will handle
anywhere near that much.

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MS MVP(Shell/User)
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Thomas N. wrote:

> Hi
> When I installed Vista 32-bit business, I had 2 Gb of RAM installed.
> I installed an additional 2Gb of RAM and Vista still reports that I have 2
> Gb RAM. The BOIS detects 4 Gb.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> :t)homas

Quit wasting your money trying to get Vista to be faster. It won't as it's a
p.o.s. bloated toy operating system that M$ threw together because its XP
was getting old.

Cheers.

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http;//www.ubuntu.com

NoStop wrote:
> Thomas N. wrote:
>
>
>>Hi
>>When I installed Vista 32-bit business, I had 2 Gb of RAM installed.
>>I installed an additional 2Gb of RAM and Vista still reports that I have 2
>>Gb RAM. The BOIS detects 4 Gb.
>>
>>Any suggestions?
>>
>>:t)homas
>
>
> Quit wasting your money trying to get Vista to be faster. It won't as it's a
> p.o.s. bloated toy operating system that M$ threw together because its XP
> was getting old.
>
> Cheers.
>

Hey doris, RS needs his hairy arse kissed and he's asking for you.
Don't keep him waiting!
Frank

On Wed, 28 Nov 2007 17:38:14 GMT, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:

>I think 32bit Vista may have a 2GB limit.

3317 Magabits here, though I actually have (I hope!) 4 Gigs. Should I
make a virtual disk and put part of the swap file on it?

Dell's PowerEdge 6800 can handle 64GB of RAM.

"Tim Slattery" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
>
>
>>Vista 64bit supports 4GB, but depending on the motherboard you may only
>>see just over 3GB.
>
> No, that's true of the 32-bit version. 64-bit Vista can handle up to
> 128GB of RAM (IIRC). I don't know of any motherboard that will handle
> anywhere near that much.
>
> --
> Tim Slattery
> MS MVP(Shell/User)
> (E-Mail Removed)
> http://members.cox.net/slatteryt

Isn't there a way to get 4G and above recognized in 32bit Vista using
PAE?

"Gary Mount" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
news:73133BCB-A7C9-4CF7-9F6A-(E-Mail Removed):

> Dell's PowerEdge 6800 can handle 64GB of RAM.
>
> "Tim Slattery" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Vista 64bit supports 4GB, but depending on the motherboard you may
>>>only see just over 3GB.
>>
>> No, that's true of the 32-bit version. 64-bit Vista can handle up to
>> 128GB of RAM (IIRC). I don't know of any motherboard that will handle
>> anywhere near that much.
>>
>> --
>> Tim Slattery
>> MS MVP(Shell/User)
>> (E-Mail Removed)
>> http://members.cox.net/slatteryt
>
>

Some clarification - Vista 32 bit supports max of 4 gig RAM - in a 4 gig
setup Vista reserves approx 1 gig and does not "show" the reservation.
However you can verify recognition in that Vista sets the default Virtual
Memory setting st 1.5 times installed RAM - checking Virtual Memory will
show Vista has set the value at 6 gig for a 4 gig RAM installation.

Max RAM for 64 bit is 8 gigs.


"'Jeep'" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:Xns99F7584C17D16Phil75070yahoocom@66.250.146.128...
> Isn't there a way to get 4G and above recognized in 32bit Vista using
> PAE?
>
> "Gary Mount" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> news:73133BCB-A7C9-4CF7-9F6A-(E-Mail Removed):
>
>> Dell's PowerEdge 6800 can handle 64GB of RAM.
>>
>> "Tim Slattery" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Vista 64bit supports 4GB, but depending on the motherboard you may
>>>>only see just over 3GB.
>>>
>>> No, that's true of the 32-bit version. 64-bit Vista can handle up to
>>> 128GB of RAM (IIRC). I don't know of any motherboard that will handle
>>> anywhere near that much.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Tim Slattery
>>> MS MVP(Shell/User)
>>> (E-Mail Removed)
>>> http://members.cox.net/slatteryt
>>
>>
>