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Help Recognising All My RAM I have 6gb ram installed but only able to use 2 Rate Topic:

#1 ANT666_2

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Posted 11 February 2007 - 06:01 PM

Hi
I have 6gb of ram instaled and i am only able to use 2gb
I have
2x amd optiron x64
6gb ram
A 64x motherboard ... I cannot remember the chipset name

All 6gb is recognised by bios but not windows

I havent a clue what to do my mate says pae wont work as i have amd processors but i think different, there has to be a way i just cant find it.

So any help will be appeciated

Cheers
Ant

This post has been edited by gamehead200: 11 February 2007 - 06:05 PM
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Posted 11 February 2007 - 06:03 PM

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Posted 11 February 2007 - 06:17 PM

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Posted 11 February 2007 - 06:17 PM

uhh, yea, about the chipset, if its important, you may thing about actually opening the case and finding out what its called. 6GB of ram, thats got to be one intense board...is it all compatible? also, what kind of RAM is it?

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Posted 11 February 2007 - 06:24 PM

Yeah, specifics of the hardware would definitely be helpful. Also, are you running 32-bit or 64-bit WinXP?

PAE will work with AMD processors, but 32-bit WinXP still won't "see" anymore than 4GB.

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Posted 12 February 2007 - 08:01 AM

i think if u look on the web u wil find that windows xp cannot adres more then 2gig of ram so sry mate cant use 6gig of ram on win xp but vista can work with it

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Posted 12 February 2007 - 10:40 AM

spidercop, on Feb 12 2007, 09:01 AM, said:

i think if u look on the web u wil find that windows xp cannot adres more then 2gig of ram so sry mate cant use 6gig of ram on win xp but vista can work with it

Please read the "Windows Internals, 4th Edition" book and this post before saying things like that - it's just plain wrong.

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Posted 12 February 2007 - 07:51 PM

Check the post listed by Jeremy. Most likely, you're using a 32 bit version of windows, which does not allow more then 4 gigs of memory. i would suggest upgrading to a 64 bit operating system (either windows xp 64 or vista 64), because this will allow you to use all your ram. on the other hand, you might encounter problems with your programs if they don't work in 64 bit. it's a gamble you might have to take to use all your ram.