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    Cursed 32bit...........maybe.

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by ChessPlayer2486, Feb 7, 2008.

  1. ChessPlayer2486

    ChessPlayer2486 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'm running a 32bit Vista OS :frown: and I have found that like 32bit XP, my computer only recognizes 3 out of the 4 gigs of RAM I installed. I read on a Yahoo Answers that while the system recognizes 3 it uses all 4 anyway. Fact or Fiction, I await the answer. Many thanks guys and girls.
     
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    jin07 Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    I'm pretty sure it only uses 3 GB and that you need a 64 bit OS to use 4 GB.
     
    jin07, Feb 7, 2008
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    to get the full ram usage in 32bit, you need to install 4 gb, but due to the limitation of 32bit it will only address (use) 2.7 - 3 gb, or somewhere round there.

    in the new vista ap1 the system information will show you have 4gb installed not how much it can use. That depends on a compatible bios though.
     
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    Fact, to fix it get 64-bit.
     
    klutchrider, Feb 7, 2008
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