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Windows Forum / Windows XP / Hardware / May 200864 bit xp
I am having a problem getting xp to see all 4 gigs of ram on windows xp 64 bit.... I still am not finding the right answer after much research... I even did the old boot tab on msconfig but still nothing You would do better here if you include some specs. Complete version number of windows, motherboard type revision number, ram specs, any errors? >I am having a problem getting xp to see all 4 gigs of ram on windows xp 64 >bit.... I still am not finding the right answer after much research... I >even did the old boot tab on msconfig but still nothing my apologies.. I thought about what I wrote and how dumb it sounded after I hit the send button...Normally I would have put all the specs in but herein lies the problem, I am helping a friend from across town who number 1 does not know about these newsgroups and number 2 I do not have those specs yet... I know he is running a 64 bit processor and he swears he is running a 64 bit version of xp.. He just upped his memory from 1gig to 4 gigs and he say it only shows 3 gigs... I probably should have waited until I had more info before posting as since I have known about and have read these newsgroups for a long time I made the mistake of just throwing something out there with out thinking .. My apologies once again and will post back when I have more info ... > You would do better here if you include some specs. Complete version > number of windows, motherboard type revision number, ram specs, any > errors? >>I am having a problem getting xp to see all 4 gigs of ram on windows xp 64 >>bit.... I still am not finding the right answer after much research... I >>even did the old boot tab on msconfig but still nothing > my apologies.. I thought about what I wrote and how dumb it sounded > after I hit the send button...Normally I would have put all the specs [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > there with out thinking .. My apologies once again and will post back > when I have more info ... Check this screenshot out: http://www.winsupersite.com/images/reviews/xp_x64_rtm_02.jpg The about windows screen clearly identifies the machine in the screenshot as running Windows XP Professional x64 edition. You can reach this screen by opening my computer on the computer in question, selecting the help menu in the explorer window that appears, and choosing "About Windows" from the list of help options. If the About Windows screen doesn't clearly identify the product as 64-bit edition then your friend isn't running 64-bit windows. The reason I say this is because running a 32-bit version of windows is the most likely explanation for only seeing 3Gb or so of RAM in windows despite having 4Gb physically fitted. If it's definately 64-bit windows then they need to check motherboard support - also whether or not any particular bios settings or even a bios update (not likely but you never know) need to be done before things will work how you expect. > I am having a problem getting xp to see all 4 gigs of ram on windows xp > 64 bit.... I still am not finding the right answer after much > research... I even did the old boot tab on msconfig but still nothing Enable memory remapping in the BIOS. Paul >I am having a problem getting xp to see all 4 gigs of ram on windows xp 64 >bit.... I still am not finding the right answer after much research... I >even did the old boot tab on msconfig but still nothing Did you enable the Memory Remapping feature in your BIOS? The memory remap is for 64 bit OSs only. |
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