vista does not show 4GB memory

[shanmanz]

Hi,

I am running Vista enterprise on Dell optiplex 745. I added 4Gb memory . The
bios recognizes full 4gb however vista shows only 3GB . I also added /PAE
switch to BCDedit according to http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929580/en-us.
Still its showing 3GB.
Any ideas ?

Thanks

 

[Dave B.]

Asked and answered repeatedly, do a bit of searching of the forums.

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[Administrator/jhafele]

Geez ----------
As per DaveB`s last post in answer to your query - he is not being rude but
this topic has been dragged out for months and months.Kindly consider a
little " searching " on this newsgroup. You will find tons of posts directly
addressing your question. In fact, there were posts yesterday concerning
this situation. JRH.

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

32bit Windows shows the user space but hides the system space. You should
not add /PAE. That is not its purpose. When you have more than 3GB of ram
the system reserves ram and hides it to prevent user programs from
corrupting the system.

 

[Guest]

Maybe if they (MS) reported actual memory installed instead of how the system
is using it there wouldnt be thousands of threads on the topic. Most users
are not programmers!

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