Maximum RAM supported in Windows XP
Recently I assembled a new computer with 4GB RAM. My motherboard supports up to 8GB RAM and Widows XP supports 4GB RAM so no problem.....
But when I open the System Properties, it shows only 3.23GB of RAM. Where did the rest go? OK, I'm using onboard VGA with 256MB memory, so part of the RAM will be allocated to that and will not be shown in System Properties. But even with that there is considerable amount of RAM is missing.
I wanted to know why it is. So I did an Google search and found out this. Reason is XP uses its 32bit address space not only to address memory but also to address some other components like System ROM , APIC(s),Integrated PCI devices, such as network connectors and SCSI controllers, PCI cards , Graphics card, etc... Because of this some part of the ram may not be accessible by the operating system since it ran out of address space.
Darn... M$ does it again... any idea if linux supported it?
I think it is same with any 32bit operating system. Found this http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=4368422
regarding Ubuntu, it is also supporting max 3-3.5GB RAM.
Hi,
It's nothing to do with Microsoft or anything, it's just that most 32 bit OSes support a max of only 4GB of RAM, and when you have 4GB installed, it would only show part of it like it does to you now (3.x GB). That's because the missing amount is used by the OS for some internal stuff ,which I cannot quite remember.
My suggestion is that to install a 64-bit OS like XP 64-bit or my favorite Vista 64-bit, and you dont have to worry about your processor since the Core 2 Duo has an architecture based on 64-bit. Even I have Vista Ultimate 64bit installed on my Core2Duo machine, and it shows all 4GB.
Also, just let me know what your motherboard/chipset is, because there are some motherboards that have a little problem when 4GB or more is installed, even though it supports 8GB. So just let me know and I could find out if it has the problem...
Also, on 32bit OSes you can enable it to use more RAM, there's more info here about the Windows 4GB limit...
http://www.brianmadden.com/content/article/The-4GB-Windows-Memory-Limit-What-does-it-really-mean-
HAI BODY WINDOWS XP-32BIT OS's KERNAL only support 3.4 gb OF RAM. YOU INSTALL 4 GB OR INSTALL IT 8 GB TRY 64-BIT VERSION FOR IT SUPPORTS FROM 8GB/16GB FOR WINDOWS XP 64-BIT VERSION. BUT PROBLEM IS SO MANY APPLLICATION DO NOT WORK ON IT THAT APPLICATION SHOULD HAVE 64-BIT COMPABILITY. SO THINK AND THEN BUY THE 64-BIT VERSION.
PARESH SHIVDIKAR
Actually 32 Bit OS's can support more than 4 GB RAM if they are compiled to support it. The comment that Ubuntu only supports 3-3.5 GB is true only to a point. If you use the Ubuntu "generic" kernal it will only support the 3-3.5 (that's actually 4 GB minus the OS footprint), but if you use the "server" kernal it will support 64 GB (with a limit of 4 GB/processor available at any given time). I don't know for sure, but I bet this is the same for Win XP (That is, XP Server Edition will do 64 GB) as the RAM options are in the x86 architecture which Linux and Windows share.
I 've purchased a HCL u3934 (ME edition) laptop with 4GB Physical RAM , but Windows XP(SP3) as well as Vista Home Premium installed in my system shows only 2.9GB physical RAM. my question is where has 1.1 GB RAM gone.
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