Computer not showing all ram?

[dennykyser]

I just fired up my new build and I have 4 sticks of 2 gig G Skill, Dual Channel Ram. When I right click on my computer and check properties it only shows 3.50 gigs, anyone know why this is.

Running Win XP if that matters.

 

[Akubane]

You need a 64 bit operating system for it to show that you have all the ram. Which probably means you're running a 32bit OS in this case.

If you want it to show that you have all your ram you'll need to upgrade OS ^_^

 

[ricanflow]

Yup, its because your video card is 512mb.

 

[dennykyser]

Ok, I understand that, but when rendering large amounts of video, will the extra ram get utilized?

 

[heister]

your programs will likely utilize 4gb of the ram that you have since that is the max for a 32 bit os

 

[veg1992]

You need a 64 bit operating system for it to show that you have all the ram. Which probably means you're running a 32bit OS in this case.

If you want it to show that you have all your ram you'll need to upgrade OS ^_^

yep...

also don't make multiple threads, use 1 topic so other stuff odn't get pushed down

 

[PC_Caveman]

you may also look into your Bios settings and enable Memory remapping to see a lil bit more of your Ram, but yea 32bit OS only support up to 4g of total system memory, i would say just upgrade to Vista 64 ultimate so you can utilize all that memory.

 

[Akubane]

yeah with 8 gigs of ram vista shouldnt be an issue ^_^ unless you already own an xp 64 or something. I run it with 6 gig's and its as smooth as hp ever was. minus the driver signing issue.