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Old 04-20-2008, 02:58 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Re: Why does my Vista 32-bit crash with 4GB RAM?

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Originally Posted by Done_Fishin View Post
ask whatever you want to .. the more the merrier .. just give us some time to sort out your current problems first though

I wasn't aware that 32-bit vista won't let you use 4GB's since that was the first thing I tried to check .. although something says at the back of my mind that it will probably force you down to 3GB's like XP does because of overlapping hardware / memory addresses.
it will work like xp. But depending upon the ram and/or the system, the extra ram could cause the system to be unstable. But no matter, 32 bit is going to be limiting to 3 gigs. The fourth will just sit there.

I read a while back vista sp1 is supposed to fix it so when you check ram in windows it will show what is installed though it will still have the 32 bit limitations. I had not heard anything about it since...
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