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Ram issues in vista[MOVED FROM WINDOWS]
i have 4GB ram in my laptop
if i check the speed in my computer it shows 4GB ram but when i look at it in taskmanager is shows slightly over 3 is this normal? my bios also says 4GB ram i run on vista home premium SP1 |
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04-23-2008, 08:42 AM
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Re: Ram issues in vista
Only 64bits SO see 4GB RAM
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04-23-2008, 11:18 AM
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Re: Ram issues in vista
service pack 1 is supposed to fix the 3GB max problem on x86 as far as i know
after SP1 this was fixed(picture1) but taskmanager still shows it wrong(picture2) dont mind de high ram usage, i am installing unreal tournement 3 atm picture 1  picture 2 
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04-23-2008, 11:25 AM
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Re: Ram issues in vista
All SP1 did was to allow the display of how much RAM is installed not how much can be used. a 32bit system can still only use a little over 3GB of RAM because of the addressing of other hardware.
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