RTM 32 bit & 4 gig memory

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does RTM 32 bit sees 4 gig of ram? on my asus a8n32 sli deluxe it does not
see the 4 gigs but the 64 bit does ( vista 5744).

 

[Tim Draper]

does RTM 32 bit sees 4 gig of ram? on my asus a8n32 sli deluxe it does not
see the 4 gigs but the 64 bit does ( vista 5744).

i got the same problem.
could ya do me a favour...... start> run > 'cmd' > 'bcdedit'. does
anywhere on that list report a 'pae' setting? if so, what is it?

 

[Darrell Gorter[MSFT]]

Hello TIm,
Here is the Bcdedit settings that displays PAE.

C:\>bcdedit /? types osloader

WINDOWS OS LOADER

The following types can be used only for Windows OS Loader entries. For
information about data formats for these types, run "bcdedit /? FORMATS".

Boot
====
BOOTLOG (bool) Enables the system initialization log.
BOOTSTATUSPOLICY Can be DisplayAllFailures, IgnoreAllFailures,
IgnoreShutdownFailures or IgnoreBootFailures.
LASTKNOWNGOOD (bool) Enables boot to last known good configuration.
NOCRASHAUTOREBOOT (bool) Disables automatic restart on crash.
RESUMEOBJECT (id) Defines the identifier of the resume object that
is associated with this operating system object.
QUIETBOOT (bool) Disables the boot screen display.
SAFEBOOT Can be Minimal, Network or DsRepair
SAFEBOOTALTERNATESHELL (bool) Uses the alternate shell when booted
into
Safe mode.
SOS (bool) Displays additional boot information.
WINPE (bool) Enables the computer to boot to Windows PE.

Options
=======
ADVANCEDOPTIONS (bool) Enables advanced options.
LOADOPTIONS (string) Defines any additional options that are not
covered
by other types.
OPTIONSEDIT (bool) Enables the options editor.

Processors and APICs
====================
CLUSTERMODEADDRESSING (integer) Defines the maximum number of
processors to
include in a single Advanced
Programmable
Interrupt Controller (APIC) cluster.
CONFIGFLAGS (integer) Specifies processor-specific configuration
flags.
MAXPROC (bool) Reports the maximum number of processors in the
system.
NUMPROC (integer) Uses only the specified number of processors.
ONECPU (bool) Forces only the boot CPU to be used.
RESTRICTAPICCLUSTER (integer) Defines the largest APIC cluster number
to
be used by the system.
USEPHYSICALDESTINATION (bool) Forces the use of the physical APIC.

Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) & KERNEL
=========================================
DETECTHAL (bool) Enables hardware abstraction layer (HAL) and
kernel
detection.
HAL (string) Defines the file name for a private HAL.
HALBREAKPOINT (bool) Enables the special hardware abstraction layer
(HAL) breakpoint.
KERNEL (string) Defines the file name for a private kernel.

VESA, PCI, and VGA
==================
USEFIRMWAREPCISETTINGS (bool) Uses BIOS-configured Peripheral
Component
Interconnect (PCI) resources.
MSI Can be Default or ForceDisable.
VGA (bool) Forces the use of the VGA display driver.

Debugging and Performance
=========================
DBGTRANSPORT (string) Defines the file name for a private debugger
transport.
DEBUG (bool) Enables kernel debugging.
PERFMEM (integer) Specifies the size (in megabytes) of the buffer
to
allocate for performance data logging.

Memory
======
INCREASEUSERVA (integer) Increases the amount of virtual address
space
that the user-mode processes can use.
NOLOWMEM (bool) Disables the use of low memory.
NX Can be OptIn, OptOut, AlwaysOn or AlwaysOff.
PAE Can be Default, ForceEnable, ForceDisable.
REMOVEMEMORY (integer) Removes memory from the total available memory
that
the operating system can use.

Drivers and System Root
=======================
DRIVERLOADFAILUREPOLICY Can be Fatal or UseErrorControl.
EMS (bool) Enables kernel Emergency Management Services.
OSDEVICE (device) Defines the device that contains the system
root.
SYSTEMROOT (string) Defines the path to the system root.

For additional types that apply to the Windows OS Loader, run
"bcdedit /? TYPES BOOTAPP".

Thanks,
Darrell Gorter[MSFT]

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights
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<> does RTM 32 bit sees 4 gig of ram? on my asus a8n32 sli deluxe it does
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