Timeline for Windows 7 using exactly HALF the installed memory
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| Aug 28, 2011 at 21:48 | comment | added | David Schwartz | Disable memory remapping in your BIOS. It's mapping your RAM where a 32-bit OS can't see it! (And make sure to re-enable it if/when you install a 64-bit OS.) | |
| Aug 18, 2009 at 10:09 | history | edited | Paxxi | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
clarification and further explanation
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| Aug 18, 2009 at 10:06 | vote | accept | Nathan Ridley | ||
| Aug 18, 2009 at 10:06 | comment | added | Nathan Ridley | I'm going to mark this answer as correct pending a reinstall. Some time in the next few days when I get time. If it doesn't help I'll report back here. | |
| Aug 18, 2009 at 10:05 | comment | added | Nathan Ridley | Note the Max Memory option was turned off already. | |
| Aug 18, 2009 at 10:05 | comment | added | Paxxi | yup, it's the only way to use more than 2.5-3GB of memory | |
| Aug 18, 2009 at 10:04 | comment | added | Nathan Ridley | Ah..! Interesting. Perhaps I should install 64 bit Windows? | |
| Aug 18, 2009 at 9:55 | comment | added | Paxxi | They have their own RAM, the issue is with something called address space. On a 32-bit system you have 4GB of address space and all devices you need to use have to be mapped into the address space. Each device that gets mapped in will carve out a bit of the address space and render it unusable for the rest of the system. | |
| Aug 18, 2009 at 9:51 | comment | added | Nathan Ridley | But the video cards have their own RAM; why would they need to steal it from the system? | |
| Aug 18, 2009 at 9:50 | history | answered | Paxxi | CC BY-SA 2.5 |