Vista Home Premium 32bit 4 gig Ram problem

Hi all

Recently I had a problem with my RAID and had to wipe every thing now I
have everything installed, but I have 4 sticks of Ram (4x1 sticks) but
my computer details display that I only have 2gig. I heard there is a
check box I need to tick to use maximum memory but to be honest I
haven't a clue where to start looking as I lack knowledge in this kind
of thing.

Any help is welcome.

Thanks

Vost


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Vostman

Vostman wrote:
> Hi all
>
> Recently I had a problem with my RAID and had to wipe every thing now
> I have everything installed, but I have 4 sticks of Ram (4x1 sticks)
> but my computer details display that I only have 2gig. I heard there
> is a check box I need to tick to use maximum memory but to be honest I
> haven't a clue where to start looking as I lack knowledge in this kind
> of thing.
>
> Any help is welcome.
>
> Thanks
>
> Vost
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Maybe the following articles will offer some ideas:

(929605) The system memory that is reported
in the System Information dialog box in Windows
Vista is less than you expect if 4 GB of RAM is installed
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929605/en-us

(964003) Windows Vista SP1 will report
4 GB of system memory (RAM) on systems
that have 4 GB of memory installed
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946003/

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John Inzer

No, there's no check box.

Did you have 4 gigs before or did you add it after the RAID? The problem is
most likely in your BIOS with some addressing issues. I've got an Acer
laptop that, despite having 4 gigs of ram in it, I cannot get the maximum
amount of memory becuase of the PCI addressing.

"Vostman" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> Hi all
>
> Recently I had a problem with my RAID and had to wipe every thing now I
> have everything installed, but I have 4 sticks of Ram (4x1 sticks) but
> my computer details display that I only have 2gig. I heard there is a
> check box I need to tick to use maximum memory but to be honest I
> haven't a clue where to start looking as I lack knowledge in this kind
> of thing.
>
> Any help is welcome.
>
> Thanks
>
> Vost
>
>
> --
> Vostman

Vostman <> wrote:

>
>Hi all
>
>Recently I had a problem with my RAID and had to wipe every thing now I
>have everything installed, but I have 4 sticks of Ram (4x1 sticks) but
>my computer details display that I only have 2gig. I heard there is a
>check box I need to tick to use maximum memory but to be honest I
>haven't a clue where to start looking as I lack knowledge in this kind
>of thing.

Assuming you have 32-bit Vista, you have a 32-bit (4GB) address space.
Some of that space must be used to access video RAM, BIOS, etc. What's
left over is used for system RAM, which means you will not be able to
use a full 4GB of RAM on a 32-bit machine (see
http://members.cox.net/slatteryt/RAM.html).

The usual result is 3.1 GB or so being used. 2GB sounds quite low, but
you should figure out how much RAM is on your video card, some of the
new ones have a TON of memory onboard.

Vista SP1 always reports the amount of RAM installed, not the amount
used. So it will tell you about your 4GB, and never let on that it
can't use all of it.

--
Tim Slattery
MS MVP(Shell/User)

http://members.cox.net/slatteryt

now vista with sp1 can help for you dude


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tr3

even though u use vista sp1 shown u 4gb in the properties but f u use
dxdiag.exe u currently running 3.5gb dude,so how will u do to force it
to read all the ram in dxdiag


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tr3

tr3;778721 Wrote:
> now vista with sp1 can help for you dude
ven though u use vista sp1 shown u 4gb in the properties but f u use
dxdiag.exe u currently running 3.5gb dude,so how will u do to force it
to read all the ram in dxdiag


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tr3

tr3;778721 Wrote:
> now vista with sp1 can help for you dud
ven though u use vista sp1 shown u 4gb in the properties but f u us
dxdiag.exe u currently running 3.5gb dude,so how will u do to force i
to read all the ram in dxdiag:mad

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tr3

"Vostman" wrote:

>
> Hi all
>
> Recently I had a problem with my RAID and had to wipe every thing now I
> have everything installed, but I have 4 sticks of Ram (4x1 sticks) but
> my computer details display that I only have 2gig. I heard there is a
> check box I need to tick to use maximum memory but to be honest I
> haven't a clue where to start looking as I lack knowledge in this kind
> of thing.
>
> Any help is welcome.
>
> Thanks
>
> Vost
>
>
> --
> Vostman
>

YOU MUST run 64bit Operation system If you doubt me then please call
microsoft they will explain 32bit can only support 3 GB of ram

"Tim Slattery" wrote:

> Vostman <> wrote:
>
> >
> >Hi all
> >
> >Recently I had a problem with my RAID and had to wipe every thing now I
> >have everything installed, but I have 4 sticks of Ram (4x1 sticks) but
> >my computer details display that I only have 2gig. I heard there is a
> >check box I need to tick to use maximum memory but to be honest I
> >haven't a clue where to start looking as I lack knowledge in this kind
> >of thing.
>
> Assuming you have 32-bit Vista, you have a 32-bit (4GB) address space.
> Some of that space must be used to access video RAM, BIOS, etc. What's
> left over is used for system RAM, which means you will not be able to
> use a full 4GB of RAM on a 32-bit machine (see
> http://members.cox.net/slatteryt/RAM.html).
>
> The usual result is 3.1 GB or so being used. 2GB sounds quite low, but
> you should figure out how much RAM is on your video card, some of the
> new ones have a TON of memory onboard.
>
> Vista SP1 always reports the amount of RAM installed, not the amount
> used. So it will tell you about your 4GB, and never let on that it
> can't use all of it.
>
> --
> Tim Slattery
> MS MVP(Shell/User)
>
> http://members.cox.net/slatteryt
>

32BIT will ONLY support 3GB of ram 64BIT will support up to 16GB