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Can I clean install Vista Ultimate X64 SP1 with 4GB RAM remain untouched?

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Abiosis - 27 May 2008 11:57 GMT
Can I clean install Vista Ultimate X64 (SP1 built in) with 4GB RAM
remain untouched and fully address/use whole 4GB RAM after installation
completed?

Or I've to remove 2GB RAM for the installation...and put them back till
it finished and reboot?

please advice,thanks again~~~

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mikeyhsd - 27 May 2008 14:05 GMT
mine install just fine, but I have an AMD instead of an intel.
your results may vary.

no damage by trying it.

mikeyhsd@sprintpcs.com

 Can I clean install Vista Ultimate X64 (SP1 built in) with 4GB RAM
 remain untouched and fully address/use whole 4GB RAM after installation
 completed?

 Or I've to remove 2GB RAM for the installation...and put them back till
 it finished and reboot?

 please advice,thanks again~~~

 --
 Abiosis

 Intel® CoreT 2 Extreme QX6850 (8MB,3.67GHz Factory overclocked)
 Windows Vista® Home Premium SP1(Vista Ultimate 64bit SP1 pending)
 nVidia GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB
 500GB - Seagate 7200RPM, SATA 3.0Gb/s, 16MB Cache
 4GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 800MHz - 4 DIMMs
 Sound Blaster® X-FiT XtremeGamer (D) Sound Card
 Logitech Z-5500 THX-Certified 505-Watt 5.1 Digital Surround Sound
 Speaker System
 Logitech® MXT Revolution Cordless Laser Mouse
 Dell UltrasharpT 2707WFP LCD
JWHData - 27 May 2008 15:35 GMT
I couldn't....See my earlier post regarding BSOD

I had to remove some of the memory (in my case I removed 2GB), did the
install, ran the Hotfix to allow memory above 3GB, then replaced the removed
memory modules.

> mine install just fine, but I have an AMD instead of an intel.
> your results may vary.
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>   Logitech® MXT Revolution Cordless Laser Mouse
>   Dell UltrasharpT 2707WFP LCD
Abiosis - 27 May 2008 15:21 GMT
hmmm...I 'll try it first before go for the hard way I guess ...thanks
Mikey

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Windows Vista® Home Premium SP1(Vista Ultimate 64bit SP1 pending)
nVidia GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB
500GB - Seagate 7200RPM, SATA 3.0Gb/s, 16MB Cache
4GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 800MHz - 4 DIMMs
Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ XtremeGamer (D) Sound Card
Logitech Z-5500 THX-Certified 505-Watt 5.1 Digital Surround Sound
Speaker System
Logitech® MX™ Revolution Cordless Laser Mouse
Dell Ultrasharp™ 2707WFP LCD

 
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