Display the Memory in Sistem properties

[Sky]

Hello everyone i need some help, i have Windows XP Professionall SP2, and i
just added to my pc 2more gb of DDR2, i have in total 4GB, but when i go to
MyComputer/System Properties there i get displayed only 3.25GB of RAM, i have
heard that this problem can be fixed, but i dont know how, soo i neeed ur
help guys, if there is someone pout there that can help me, pls help me !!

Thx allot guys!!

 

[Universe_JDJ]

Hello everyone i need some help, i have Windows XP Professionall SP2, and i
just added to my pc 2more gb of DDR2, i have in total 4GB, but when i go to
MyComputer/System Properties there i get displayed only 3.25GB of RAM, i have
heard that this problem can be fixed, but i dont know how, soo i neeed ur
help guys, if there is someone pout there that can help me, pls help me !!

Thx allot guys!!

Perfectly normal.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929605/en-us
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1035670
http://members.cox.net/slatteryt/RAM.html

 

[Sky]

Perfectly normal.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929605/en-us
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1035670
http://members.cox.net/slatteryt/RAM.html

So i cant do anithyng to fix this??
I mean, to show there 4GB??
And if i cant, my computer will work as a one the really has 4gb, or the
rest of the memory that is not showed is not used????
Im sooo confuzed...

 

[Tim Slattery]

Hello everyone i need some help, i have Windows XP Professionall SP2, and i
just added to my pc 2more gb of DDR2, i have in total 4GB, but when i go to
MyComputer/System Properties there i get displayed only 3.25GB of RAM,

Explanation here: http://members.cox.net/slatteryt/RAM.html

 

[jorgen]

So i cant do anithyng to fix this??

No, not really. Microsoft don't want to go above 4G (you need to go
above this line, to see all of the 4GB RAM), not even if the hardware
permits it.

I mean, to show there 4GB??
And if i cant, my computer will work as a one the really has 4gb, or the
rest of the memory that is not showed is not used????

No, the missing RAM is not used.

 

[Sky]

Explanation here: http://members.cox.net/slatteryt/RAM.html

--
Tim Slattery
MS MVP(Shell/User)
(e-mail address removed)
http://members.cox.net/slatteryt

so what windows i need to use so that i can use the whole 4GB???
i think i have seen at a friend he had windows Server 2003 sp4 or somethin
and at his computer was showed 4GB

 

[Bob I]

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so what windows i need to use so that i can use the whole 4GB???
i think i have seen at a friend he had windows Server 2003 sp4 or somethin
and at his computer was showed 4GB

That would have been Server 2000 SP4. And it isn't going to gain you
much and WILL cost you much more.

 

[John John]

That would have been Server 2000 SP4. And it isn't going to gain you
much and WILL cost you much more.

Server 2000 SP4 won't be able to do it, you would need at least Windows
2000 Advanced Server. I would have to double check but I do beleive
that Server 2003 with SP1 should be able to see all of the 4GB. Other
than that of course there are the 64-bit workstation versions.

John

 

[Bob I]

Server 2000 SP4 won't be able to do it, you would need at least Windows
2000 Advanced Server. I would have to double check but I do beleive
that Server 2003 with SP1 should be able to see all of the 4GB. Other
than that of course there are the 64-bit workstation versions.

John

You're right there, it would have to be Advanced. I keyed off the "SP4"
which would make it 2000 not 2003.

 

[Tim Slattery]

so what windows i need to use so that i can use the whole 4GB???
i think i have seen at a friend he had windows Server 2003 sp4 or somethin
and at his computer was showed 4GB

You'd need 64-bit hardware and a 64-bit OS, either 64-bit XP or one of
the 64-bit versions of Vista.

Some of the server versions can use PAE (Programmed Address
Extensions), which has a large address space (36 bits, IIRC), and
therefore could use the entire 4GB. But your hardware would have to
support PAE, and if it came with XP it most likely doesn't.

 

[Sky]

You'd need 64-bit hardware and a 64-bit OS, either 64-bit XP or one of
the 64-bit versions of Vista.

Some of the server versions can use PAE (Programmed Address
Extensions), which has a large address space (36 bits, IIRC), and
therefore could use the entire 4GB. But your hardware would have to
support PAE, and if it came with XP it most likely doesn't.

--
Tim Slattery
MS MVP(Shell/User)
(e-mail address removed)
http://members.cox.net/slatteryt

my sitem is designed for Vista, just that i dont like it, now one does, me
sistem info is :
AMD Athlon[tm] 64x2 Dual Core Processor 4600+ 2.41Ghz , 4GB of RAM DDR2 ,
just that it shows only 3,25GBof RAM

u guys have any ideea if i can trade my windows(XP Pro SP2 32x vesion) with
a 64x version ???
or to download from a website the 64x vers???

Thx for help !!

 

[Tim Slattery]

my sitem is designed for Vista, just that i dont like it, now one does, me
sistem info is :
AMD Athlon[tm] 64x2 Dual Core Processor 4600+ 2.41Ghz , 4GB of RAM DDR2 ,
just that it shows only 3,25GBof RAM

That it 64-bit hardware.

u guys have any ideea if i can trade my windows(XP Pro SP2 32x vesion) with
a 64x version ??? or to download from a website the 64x vers???

No trade, no freebie, you have to buy it. It exists only in OEM form,
so you'd have to install from scratch. And you'd have to make sure
that you could find 64-bit XP drivers for everything.