Maximum ram in windows?

[Gorman, Declan]

Hi Peter,
  The motherboard is a MSI P6N SLI-FI V2 and I have two identical
modules of 2GB.  The vendor replied to my query with the following:

"When you have 4GB of RAM in your system, only Vista 64-bit can use 4GB
of RAM or higher.

Vista 32-bit, like XP 32-bit, will only report a max of 3.5GB (usually
about 3GB).

While the 32-bit architecture can technically address up to 4GB of RAM,
a determined amount is allocated towards your physical hardware.
This means you'll usually only have access to 3GB-3.5GB of RAM."

  I guess that answers the question but I am pissed that there is 1GB of
ram there but not available.

Regards, 

Declan.

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:shelter-bounces at lists.music-bar.org] On Behalf Of Peter Korsten
Sent: 18 December 2007 15:45
To: shelter at lists.music-bar.org
Subject: Re: Maximum ram in windows?

Gorman, Declan schreef:

> Does anybody know what is the maximum amount of ram that is accessible

> by Windows XP and Vista?  I'm having difficulty getting a clear answer

> from my browsing the many websites that I am led to believe hold the
answer.

What's the brand and model of the motherboard? How many modules do you 
have, and what size is each?

- Peter