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    6224W 4Gb Ram vista 32bit

    Discussion in 'Other Manufacturers' started by afreak, Feb 20, 2008.

  1. afreak

    afreak Newbie

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    Hello all

    Have any of you tried this?

    "BCDEdit /set PAE forceenable" and hit enter. This command will enable Physical Address Extension (PAE)

    This should result in Vista 32bit able to se all 4gb Ram

    Did it work for you?
     
    afreak, Feb 20, 2008
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  2. adinu

    adinu I pwn teh n00bs.

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    Considering the physical limitations of a 32bit OS, I really doubt writing a couple lines of code will magically make that limitation dissapear.
     
    adinu, Feb 20, 2008
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  3. thomaskc.dk

    thomaskc.dk Notebook Deity

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    It doesnt work and vista uses it already just to show 3.x something gb..its rubbish and not worth counting on.

    Just accept it.. 32bit wont be able to use 4gb ram.

    No offence, but ive seen way to many posts about this really silly topic since its just not technically possible.
     
    thomaskc.dk, Feb 20, 2008
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  4. afreak

    afreak Newbie

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    afreak, Feb 20, 2008
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  5. Tyven

    Tyven Notebook Consultant

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    # afreak: From your linked page:
    And the details:
     
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  6. afreak

    afreak Newbie

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    Just want to inform.

    Installed Vista SP1 last night and now vista shows all 4 GB ram :)
     
    afreak, Feb 21, 2008
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  7. Kdawgca

    Kdawgca rotaredoM repudrepuS RBN

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    SP1 shows the amount of memory installed, not how much memory is available to use.

    http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=D69C4E1B-C81A-41BE-B1F5-66E615BA5912&displaylang=en
     
    Kdawgca, Feb 21, 2008
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  8. afreak

    afreak Newbie

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    Nice to know :)
     
    afreak, Feb 21, 2008
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  9. John Ratsey

    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

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    How much is your RAM on the Performance page of Task Manager?

    John
     
    John Ratsey, Feb 21, 2008
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  10. afreak

    afreak Newbie

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    I take at look when i get home from work and i will report back
     
    afreak, Feb 21, 2008
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  11. imjesus

    imjesus Notebook Enthusiast

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    SP1 does show 4GB of RAM. It still only uses 3069MB, though.
     
    imjesus, Feb 21, 2008
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