Dell Vostro 200 Desktop Mini-Tower Help! - Page 2

**wrench97** · 07-29-2009, 01:34 AM

If you have a 32 bit OS it won't matter as 32bit windows is limited 4gig and will show around 3.2 as available, I have yet to see a home system use that much.

brooklynikes · 07-29-2009, 01:39 AM

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Originally Posted by wrench97

If you have a 32 bit OS it won't matter as 32bit windows is limited 4gig and will show around 3.2 as available, I have yet to see a home system use that much.

I plan on upgrading to win xp pro 64bit sp2, I currently have 3gb. So is there anyway to utilize more than 4gb on this system? my mobo is a G33MO2 chipset. thanks!

**wrench97** · 07-29-2009, 12:09 PM

XP 64 is known to have a lot of driver issues make sure there are 64 bit drivers for all your hardware and peripherals(Printers Scanners, Wifi dongles etc,)

The Dell board will only take 1 gig per slot, but I have seen Dell bios updates that raised the memory limit without any documentation saying it did on older systems so it might recognize 2 gig sticks and still have the 4 gig limit or take a full 8 gig.

But Again you'll not use more then 4 gig in windows XP 32 or 64 on a stand alone PC.

brooklynikes · 07-29-2009, 12:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wrench97

XP 64 is known to have a lot of driver issues make sure there are 64 bit drivers for all your hardware and peripherals(Printers Scanners, Wifi dongles etc,)

The Dell board will only take 1 gig per slot, but I have seen Dell bios updates that raised the memory limit without any documentation saying it did on older systems so it might recognize 2 gig sticks and still have the 4 gig limit or take a full 8 gig.

But Again you'll not use more then 4 gig in windows XP 32 or 64 on a stand alone PC.

I currently have BIOS 1.0.15 Do you know if it can take 2GB sticks per slot? Thanks for all your help.

**wrench97** · 07-29-2009, 12:44 PM

On the Vostro no I haven't tried or seen one that had more then 1 gig per slot.

07-29-2009, 01:34 AM	#21 (permalink)
wrench97 Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2008 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania Posts: 18,597 OS: Win7	Re: Dell Vostro 200 Desktop Mini-Tower Help! If you have a 32 bit OS it won't matter as 32bit windows is limited 4gig and will show around 3.2 as available, I have yet to see a home system use that much. __________________ Power Supply and Selection

07-29-2009, 12:09 PM	#23 (permalink)
wrench97 Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2008 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania Posts: 18,597 OS: Win7	Re: Dell Vostro 200 Desktop Mini-Tower Help! XP 64 is known to have a lot of driver issues make sure there are 64 bit drivers for all your hardware and peripherals(Printers Scanners, Wifi dongles etc,) The Dell board will only take 1 gig per slot, but I have seen Dell bios updates that raised the memory limit without any documentation saying it did on older systems so it might recognize 2 gig sticks and still have the 4 gig limit or take a full 8 gig. But Again you'll not use more then 4 gig in windows XP 32 or 64 on a stand alone PC. __________________ Power Supply and Selection

07-29-2009, 12:44 PM	#25 (permalink)
wrench97 Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2008 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania Posts: 18,597 OS: Win7	Re: Dell Vostro 200 Desktop Mini-Tower Help! On the Vostro no I haven't tried or seen one that had more then 1 gig per slot. __________________ Power Supply and Selection