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Old 20-05-2004, 05:56 PM   #1
Will Denny
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Hi

Try the following switch in boot.ini

/3GB

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"MKINSEL" <michael.kinsel@gd-ais.com> wrote in message
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| I have 4 sticks of ECC PC-2100 1 GB Kingston RAM (KVR266X72C25/1G) and
Windows XP only sees this as 3.5 GB of RAM. As a WinXP MCP, I have been led
to believe that WinXP can support 4 GB of RAM, so what am I doing wrong?
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| TIA
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Old 20-05-2004, 06:06 PM   #2
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Default Re: 4GB RAM shows up in WinXP as 3.5GB

does your mobo support 4gigs o ram?


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"Will Denny" <willdenny@mvps.org> wrote in message
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> Hi
>
> Try the following switch in boot.ini
>
> /3GB
>
> --
>
> Will Denny
> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
>
>
> "MKINSEL" <michael.kinsel@gd-ais.com> wrote in message
> news:2AD59A51-5E9A-4A77-A54E-0DDC1FD2F744@microsoft.com...
> | I have 4 sticks of ECC PC-2100 1 GB Kingston RAM (KVR266X72C25/1G) and
> Windows XP only sees this as 3.5 GB of RAM. As a WinXP MCP, I have been

led
> to believe that WinXP can support 4 GB of RAM, so what am I doing wrong?
> |
> | TIA
> |
> |
>



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