The last 512mb is reserved for legacy #@%@#%@

It is a 32bit thing... try installing teh 64bit build and it sees all...


"Kerry Brown" *a*m wrote in message
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5536 is 32 bit. Were you using a 64 bit version before? With a 32 bit OS
you are limited to 4 GB and the motherboard reserves some of it for I/O.

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Kerry
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
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geo85706 wrote:
in installed 5536 and the first thing i saw was that i missing a
whole gig of memory. vista beta 2 sees the 4 gig but not 5536, is
this normal or what.