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[azzyork]

after puttin my buildin together i right click on my computer icon and it says
q6600 and ram says 3.25gb ...how is that so when i have 4gb ram installed?

 

[veg1992]

Read the stickies in the Windows Section next time please

Since you have a 512mb video card, and 4gb RAM and the max the OS reads is 3.5gb it'll read it as 3.25gb, solution is to get 64bit Operating system

(wait actually since you have a 9800gtx, it should read 3gb.. because the max is 3.5gb - .5gb from the Video RAM)

EDIT: also moved to Windows Section

 

[azzyork]

oo ok...so atm 1 stick of ram is just sittin there doin nothing?

 

[carnageX]

Pretty much, yes.

 

[azzyork]

dang that sucks

 

[veg1992]

Ya thats my guess, just pull out, and test one by one

 

[KSoD]

Hello,

http://www.techist.com/forums/f9/difference-between-32-bit-x86-64-bit-x64-171390/#post1349279

Everything about your question is fully explained in there.

Cheers,
Mak