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Usable RAM

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  • 05-12-2013 6:52pm
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    brianblaze
    Registered Users Posts: 2,101 ✭✭✭


    Hi All,

    Built myself a gaming PC recently, put another 8GB RAM in there, and now, all I'm seeing is this...

    VUGosOX.png

    Anyone know why my RAM is seen but unusable? *SOLVED


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    goingitalone
    Registered Users Posts: 691 ✭✭✭goingitalone


    brianblaze wrote: »
    Hi All,

    Built myself a gaming PC recently, put another 8GB RAM in there, and now, all I'm seeing is this...

    VUGosOX.png

    Anyone know why my RAM is seen but unusable?

    32bit os can only handle 4 gig of ram ! you neeed to install a 64bit os to make use of your ram .


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    brianblaze
    Registered Users Posts: 2,101 ✭✭✭brianblaze


    Ahhh, I have 8.1 on the way, so not to worry!! Cheers all!


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    Páid
    Registered Users Posts: 916 ✭✭✭Páid


    Put a 64bit OS on it and you will be able to use the full 16GB.


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    goingitalone
    Registered Users Posts: 691 ✭✭✭goingitalone


    brianblaze wrote: »
    Ahhh, I have 8.1 on the way, so not to worry!! Cheers all!

    be better off with 64 bit 7 ultimate ! then again i just cant make myself like 8


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    Zascar
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 12,778 Mod ✭✭✭✭Zascar


    goingitalone wrote: »
    i just cant make myself like 8
    Use www.pokki.com - bring back the start menu but better - you almost never have to use the crappy metro. Windows 8 has some great additional features


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    brianblaze
    Registered Users Posts: 2,101 ✭✭✭brianblaze


    goingitalone wrote: »
    be better off with 64 bit 7 ultimate ! then again i just cant make myself like 8

    If I could find a legit digital copy of it at a decent price, I'd get it!


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    Snowbat
    Registered Users Posts: 1,064 ✭✭✭Snowbat


    goingitalone wrote: »
    32bit os can only handle 4 gig of ram !
    That statement is not accurate. Not only do most non-Windows x86 32 bit operating systems support >4GB using PAE but Windows does too, it's just disabled:
    Microsoft Windows implements PAE if booted with the appropriate option, but current 32-bit desktop editions enforce the physical address space within 4 GB even in PAE mode. According to Geoff Chappell, Microsoft limits 32-bit versions of Windows to 4 GB as a matter of its licensing policy,[5] and Microsoft Technical Fellow Mark Russinovich says that some drivers were found to be unstable when encountering physical addresses above 4 GB.[6] Unofficial kernel patches for Windows Vista and Windows 7 32-bit are available[7] [8] that break this Microsoft enforced limitation, though the stability is not guaranteed. These tools increase the RAM limit of the 32-bit version of Windows 7 to 64 GB.


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    goingitalone
    Registered Users Posts: 691 ✭✭✭goingitalone


    Snowbat wrote: »
    That statement is not accurate. Not only do most non-Windows x86 32 bit operating systems support >4GB using PAE but Windows does too, it's just disabled:

    yup fully aware but the op didnt understand the reason why he had the issue and if he asking a simple question would you recomend that ? ehh no


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    brianblaze
    Registered Users Posts: 2,101 ✭✭✭brianblaze


    goingitalone wrote: »
    yup fully aware but the op didnt understand the reason why he had the issue and if he asking a simple question would you recomend that ? ehh no

    Too late... I have my power tools and a blowtorch... I will make this work... (I joke, Windows 8 on the way!)


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    goingitalone
    Registered Users Posts: 691 ✭✭✭goingitalone


    brianblaze wrote: »
    Too late... I have my power tools and a blowtorch... I will make this work... (I joke, Windows 8 on the way!)

    ;)


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