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October 12th 09, 04:14 AM
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Hello, i have a quick question just to clarify something. I apologize in advance for any confusion over terms. When i bought my system it came with 4 gigs and Vista Home Premium x64. I had many compatibility issues with games and programs so i then put Ultimate 32bit on it. Now i would like to put another 4gigs of ram on my system and just wanted to make sure that it would accept more. I plan on putting windows 7 x64 on it shortly. It has enough slots for 8gigs of ram and was originally a 64bit system. It appears okay to me but i would like some assurance  .Thanks, Andrew -- aryno86 
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October 12th 09, 10:38 AM
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Hi Andrew,
The maximum "address space" for Vista is 4 giga that includes all memory physically installed (drivers, graphic card, etc..) . Going to 8 giga will not help. André "aryno86" wrote in message ... Hello, i have a quick question just to clarify something. I apologize in advance for any confusion over terms. When i bought my system it came with 4 gigs and Vista Home Premium x64. I had many compatibility issues with games and programs so i then put Ultimate 32bit on it. Now i would like to put another 4gigs of ram on my system and just wanted to make sure that it would accept more. I plan on putting windows 7 x64 on it shortly. It has enough slots for 8gigs of ram and was originally a 64bit system. It appears okay to me but i would like some assurance .Thanks, Andrew -- aryno86
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October 12th 09, 10:38 AM
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Hi Andrew, The maximum "address space" for Vista is 4 giga that includes all memory physically installed (drivers, graphic card, etc..) . Going to 8 giga will not help. André "aryno86" wrote in message ... Hello, i have a quick question just to clarify something. I apologize in advance for any confusion over terms. When i bought my system it came with 4 gigs and Vista Home Premium x64. I had many compatibility issues with games and programs so i then put Ultimate 32bit on it. Now i would like to put another 4gigs of ram on my system and just wanted to make sure that it would accept more. I plan on putting windows 7 x64 on it shortly. It has enough slots for 8gigs of ram and was originally a 64bit system. It appears okay to me but i would like some assurance .Thanks, Andrew -- aryno86
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October 12th 09, 10:55 AM
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"amlandreau" wrote in message news  Hi Andrew, The maximum "address space" for Vista is 4 giga that includes all memory physically installed (drivers, graphic card, etc..) . Going to 8 giga will not help. Incorrect. That's for 32 bit versions. The OP stated that he had 6 bit. 64 bit will use much more than 4GB RAM...
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October 12th 09, 10:55 AM
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"amlandreau" wrote in message news Hi Andrew, The maximum "address space" for Vista is 4 giga that includes all memory physically installed (drivers, graphic card, etc..) . Going to 8 giga will not help. Incorrect. That's for 32 bit versions. The OP stated that he had 6 bit. 64 bit will use much more than 4GB RAM...
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October 12th 09, 11:03 AM
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Hi,
What is the manufacturer/make of the motherboard? Capacity is dictated by the manufacturer, and can vary widely. You can check for yourself at the maker's web site or by entering your model into crucial.com's memory tool. -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Windows help - www.rickrogers.org "aryno86" wrote in message ... Hello, i have a quick question just to clarify something. I apologize in advance for any confusion over terms. When i bought my system it came with 4 gigs and Vista Home Premium x64. I had many compatibility issues with games and programs so i then put Ultimate 32bit on it. Now i would like to put another 4gigs of ram on my system and just wanted to make sure that it would accept more. I plan on putting windows 7 x64 on it shortly. It has enough slots for 8gigs of ram and was originally a 64bit system. It appears okay to me but i would like some assurance .Thanks, Andrew -- aryno86
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October 12th 09, 11:03 AM
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Hi,
What is the manufacturer/make of the motherboard? Capacity is dictated by the manufacturer, and can vary widely. You can check for yourself at the maker's web site or by entering your model into crucial.com's memory tool. -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Windows help - www.rickrogers.org "aryno86" wrote in message ... Hello, i have a quick question just to clarify something. I apologize in advance for any confusion over terms. When i bought my system it came with 4 gigs and Vista Home Premium x64. I had many compatibility issues with games and programs so i then put Ultimate 32bit on it. Now i would like to put another 4gigs of ram on my system and just wanted to make sure that it would accept more. I plan on putting windows 7 x64 on it shortly. It has enough slots for 8gigs of ram and was originally a 64bit system. It appears okay to me but i would like some assurance .Thanks, Andrew -- aryno86
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October 12th 09, 11:05 AM
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He is going to install the x64 version of Win7 which will easily accomodate
8GB of ram. The limitation is in the 32-bit (x86) version. -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Windows help - www.rickrogers.org "amlandreau" wrote in message news Hi Andrew, The maximum "address space" for Vista is 4 giga that includes all memory physically installed (drivers, graphic card, etc..) . Going to 8 giga will not help. André "aryno86" wrote in message ... Hello, i have a quick question just to clarify something. I apologize in advance for any confusion over terms. When i bought my system it came with 4 gigs and Vista Home Premium x64. I had many compatibility issues with games and programs so i then put Ultimate 32bit on it. Now i would like to put another 4gigs of ram on my system and just wanted to make sure that it would accept more. I plan on putting windows 7 x64 on it shortly. It has enough slots for 8gigs of ram and was originally a 64bit system. It appears okay to me but i would like some assurance .Thanks, Andrew -- aryno86
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October 12th 09, 11:05 AM
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He is going to install the x64 version of Win7 which will easily accomodate
8GB of ram. The limitation is in the 32-bit (x86) version. -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Windows help - www.rickrogers.org "amlandreau" wrote in message news Hi Andrew, The maximum "address space" for Vista is 4 giga that includes all memory physically installed (drivers, graphic card, etc..) . Going to 8 giga will not help. André "aryno86" wrote in message ... Hello, i have a quick question just to clarify something. I apologize in advance for any confusion over terms. When i bought my system it came with 4 gigs and Vista Home Premium x64. I had many compatibility issues with games and programs so i then put Ultimate 32bit on it. Now i would like to put another 4gigs of ram on my system and just wanted to make sure that it would accept more. I plan on putting windows 7 x64 on it shortly. It has enough slots for 8gigs of ram and was originally a 64bit system. It appears okay to me but i would like some assurance .Thanks, Andrew -- aryno86
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October 12th 09, 02:31 PM
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On Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:38:22 +0200, "amlandreau" wrote: Hi Andrew, The maximum "address space" for Vista is 4 giga that includes all memory physically installed (drivers, graphic card, etc..) . Going to 8 giga will not help. That is not correct. The 4GB limitation (and you can't actually use the entire 4GB anyway) is for *32-bit* client versions of Windows. Since he will run the 64-bit version, there is no such limitation. Whether the applications that he runs can make effective use of 8GB is another question entirely, and it's possible that he will see no improvement by having 8GB instead of 4. "aryno86" wrote in message ... Hello, i have a quick question just to clarify something. I apologize in advance for any confusion over terms. When i bought my system it came with 4 gigs and Vista Home Premium x64. I had many compatibility issues with games and programs so i then put Ultimate 32bit on it. Now i would like to put another 4gigs of ram on my system and just wanted to make sure that it would accept more. I plan on putting windows 7 x64 on it shortly. It has enough slots for 8gigs of ram and was originally a 64bit system. It appears okay to me but i would like some assurance .Thanks, Andrew -- aryno86 -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003 Please Reply to the Newsgroup
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