amount of memory i have?

[bigdaddykane]

hi all its nice to be here.i have vista home premium and my computer came with 2 gigs of memory.so i added 2 more gigs.but when i right click on computer it only shows that i have 3317.now i have memory turbo 4 installed and it shows that i have avalible 2419 mb right now.is this correct,thank you...

[mata7]

hi big and welcome

only vista x64 can use 4 GB of ram, do you have x86?

[bigdaddykane]

yea i have x86

[mata7]

then that is you problem

[bigdaddykane]

then what was the empty slots for.to look at lol.

[midway40]

-{ Quote: "According to Microsoft's own knowledge base article 929605, all 32-bit versions of Vista support up to 4GB of memory, but the actual usable address space will be less than 4GB. The reason for this is that a section of the memory is set aside for memory map interfaces. This is generally a space that is set aside to ensure driver compatibility and the amount used will vary depending upon the devices installed in the system. Typically, a system with 4GB of RAM will report only 3.5GB of addressable space. " }-


From: http://compreviews.about.com/od/memory/a/Vista4GB.htm

Before I switched to x64 I was only using 3.25GB of my RAM.

[Franklin]

32 bit here employing 6 gig of ram with 3.25 showing in system properties in my Vista and XP installs which is to be expected.

On this XP install if I bring up msconfig - boot.ini tab - Advanced options and click on max memory only 2 gig is the max selectable.Will see if it's the same with Vista when I have that drive hooked up.

Can anyone confirm it's the same on their 32 bit installs?

[Peter2150]

-{ Quote: "32 bit here employing 6 gig of ram with 3.25 showing in system properties in my Vista and XP installs which is to be expected.

On this XP install if I bring up msconfig - boot.ini tab - Advanced options and click on max memory only 2 gig is the max selectable.Will see if it's the same with Vista when I have that drive hooked up.

Can anyone confirm it's the same on their 32 bit installs?" }-

It will vary by several factors including the memory on any graphics's cards. I show about 2.8 gig

[Franklin]

-{ Quote: "It will vary by several factors including the memory on any graphics's cards. I show about 2.8 gig" }-
I really dunno if the sys properties shows 3.25 of mem and max mem adjustable through msconfig shows 2 gig.???

[Peter2150]

-{ Quote: "I really dunno if the sys properties shows 3.25 of mem and max mem adjustable through msconfig shows 2 gig.???" }-

Hi Franklin

Your quoting me, but I never said that. All I said was I see 2.8 gig.

Pete

[WSFuser]

The MAXMEM option in msconfig limits the amount of memory for Windows. Just leave it unchecked.

[Franklin]

-{ Quote: "The MAXMEM option in msconfig limits the amount of memory for Windows. Just leave it unchecked." }-
Yes we know that but why is that setting limited to 2 gig max when you have more ram???