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The6357
United States1268 Posts
I have 6 GB of ram installed in it but when i'm running xp it only say i have about 3 gb of ram or so... does anyone know what cause this? also i'm missing a driver called "beanbag emulation device" -_-'' I know there are many computer whiz here at tl...please explain...I don't really need 6 gb of ram but I would be nice to have computer recognize i have 6 gigs..  | ||
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allluckysevens7777
United States53 Posts
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Cambium
United States16368 Posts
Since someone already posted this, I'll try to elaborate a little to make my post more useful: The absolute maximum RAM alloted by any 32-bit OS is 2^32, and 32-bit Windows OS can only utilize approximately 3.5 GB (around there) of RAM. If you want to use all 6 GB of RAM, you need a 64-bit OS. I have no idea what beanbag emulation device is | ||
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LxRogue
United States1415 Posts
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Cambium
United States16368 Posts
On February 03 2010 15:55 LxRogue wrote: I believe XP is limited to 4 GB. It's strange that only 3 GB show up, are there 2 x 3 GB sticks or something? That's Vista. I did some Google search, it seems that the OS supports upwards of 4GB of RAM, but application can only see 3.25 gigs. | ||
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LxRogue
United States1415 Posts
On February 03 2010 16:00 Cambium wrote: That's Vista. I did some Google search, it seems that the OS supports upwards of 4GB of RAM, but application can only see 3.25 gigs. I know for a fact that Vista supports well more than 4 GB of RAM... XP is an older OS, back when people had 256 or 512 MB only. edit: actually it looks like 32 vs 64 bit is what makes the difference | ||
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allluckysevens7777
United States53 Posts
On February 03 2010 16:17 LxRogue wrote: edit: actually it looks like 32 vs 64 bit is what makes the difference Yes | ||
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The6357
United States1268 Posts
dang...i guess i'll have to get 64bit XP  | ||
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Cambium
United States16368 Posts
On February 03 2010 16:17 LxRogue wrote: I know for a fact that Vista supports well more than 4 GB of RAM... XP is an older OS, back when people had 256 or 512 MB only. edit: actually it looks like 32 vs 64 bit is what makes the difference Yea, I meant 32-bit Vista (and XP). 64-bit Vista obviously supports much more than 4 GB of RAM  | ||
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The6357
United States1268 Posts
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Cambium
United States16368 Posts
Somewhere, it will say something like "System Type" | ||
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The6357
United States1268 Posts
On February 03 2010 16:40 Cambium wrote: Right click my computer -> properties Somewhere, it will say something like "System Type" it doesn't...T_T dang im newb | ||
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Jonoman92
United States9110 Posts
But yea, 32 bit OS's can only utilize around 3GB or so I hear. | ||
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Cambium
United States16368 Posts
![[image loading]](http://www.mathworks.com/support/solutions/en/data/1-5EMVM2/xp_64bit.gif) edit: yea i'm right | ||
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The6357
United States1268 Posts
thx for the help | ||
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Cambium
United States16368 Posts
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