4gb ram-3gb

[jean-piere]

Hi,

I have just instaled 4 gb of ram but Windows(32bit) only sees 3gb.

3gb switch is on
OS : win 2003 server
Mobo: P5W64 WS

Is ther anything I can do , appart from Win(64bit) ?

[DaForce]

Nope nothing you can do.

Thats just windowsxp 32bit for ya.

[andrewjohn81]

don't worry. It's still being used. You didn't waste your money. You can only access 3Gigs. It just doesn't show you the 1gig that windows uses.
I had some bookmarks at microsoft's website, but I lost them. If you do a search for the 3gig switch it'll explain it somewhere there. You are wasting Some memory, but there is still an advantage 4 gigs gives you over 3 gigs. I have 3gigs, but can only usually use about 2.5 - 2.8 gigs, depending on what windows takes, before crashing. You'll be able to use all the way up to 3 gigs.

[jean-piere]

thanks guys, that makes sense, and got rid of all the
problems I had with max quiting