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    m1530 Vista -> WinXP RAM Problem

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by z22, Jul 4, 2008.

  1. z22

    z22 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have recently went from Vista Home Premium to WinXP on my m1530 which has 4 GB of RAM. However, when I typed winver from start->run. It states Physical memory available to Windows 3,667,960 KB. Is this normal? Am I missing something :-(
     
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    atbnet Notebook Prophet

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    No, you aren't missing anything. You are using a 32 bit OS which recognizes a maximum of 4 GB. Throw in the other memory allocations such as for video memory and you are going to see less than 4 GB.
     
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    paper_wastage Beat this 7x7x7 Cube

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    Vista 32-bit (before SP1) reports the actual amount of ram... u have 4 GB, Vista woudl report 3.5GB

    after so many people complain that they bought 4GB and only got 3.5GB.... microsoft released vista Sp1, which includes a fix reporting the memory installed, but not the total memory used/available

    XP probably follows pre-Sp1 vista..... reporting the available amt of ram instead of installed ram
     
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    z22 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks for the quick answers, feel much better.
     
    z22, Jul 4, 2008
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