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    Vista 32 Bit

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by spradhan01, Feb 20, 2009.

  1. spradhan01

    spradhan01 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Is it possible anyway or use any sort of patches to utilize 4gb ram in vista 32 bit?
    Thanks
     
    spradhan01, Feb 20, 2009
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  2. dtwn

    dtwn C'thulhu fhtagn

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    No. At best, you can see that you have 4 GB of RAM, but not use it.
     
    dtwn, Feb 20, 2009
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    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    The only way to use 4GB of RAM is to get the 64bit version of Vista.
     
    Greg, Feb 20, 2009
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    RaYYaN Back on NBR :D

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    Yeah, that is the way to do it

    You can however make 4Gb show up on 32-bit
    My computer shows 4Gb on 32-bit (by itself SP1 did that i think)
    But beacuse of the way it is programmed I don't think it can utilize more than 3(.3)GB max
     
    RaYYaN, Feb 20, 2009
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    so any problem or restrictions that I might face using 64 bit?
     
    spradhan01, Feb 20, 2009
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    I mean to say like compatiability problems like dox drivers and pc games?
     
    spradhan01, Feb 20, 2009
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