conductor1945
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limits to memory under 32bits systems
When I read your msg, I presume you run a 32 bits system
Windows XP /Vista will not use mem over 3,5 G.
I'v got the same situation. Vista on 32 bits system with 6 G 3DDR mem
It only recognise 3.5 G
You have to switch to 64 bits board to be able to use all your mem.
best luck
quote=fwassner;513352]I was not aware that memory needed to be in 2GB chunks for DDR2.
I thought it was just filling 2 or 4 (not 1 or 3) slots.
I do have all 4 slots populated with DDR2.
2ea 1GB, 2ea 512MB.
If I were to upgrade to 4GB, I would remove the two 512MB, replace with 2ea 1GB.
Then again, the 32 bit processor isn't going to use more than 3GB, is it. Currently, Windows says that 2.97GB is available. If I add another GB, that figure probably won't change, but if you say I will get 2x faster memory transfer, then it's probably worth it.
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When I read your msg, I presume you run a 32 bits system
Windows XP /Vista will not use mem over 3,5 G.
I'v got the same situation. Vista on 32 bits system with 6 G 3DDR mem
It only recognise 3.5 G
You have to switch to 64 bits board to be able to use all your mem.
best luck
quote=fwassner;513352]I was not aware that memory needed to be in 2GB chunks for DDR2.
I thought it was just filling 2 or 4 (not 1 or 3) slots.
I do have all 4 slots populated with DDR2.
2ea 1GB, 2ea 512MB.
If I were to upgrade to 4GB, I would remove the two 512MB, replace with 2ea 1GB.
Then again, the 32 bit processor isn't going to use more than 3GB, is it. Currently, Windows says that 2.97GB is available. If I add another GB, that figure probably won't change, but if you say I will get 2x faster memory transfer, then it's probably worth it.
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