Hello Brian,

Saturday, March 8, 2008, 8:17:21 AM, you wrote:

> I have seen a ton of debates over whether or not 32-bit XP can address 4GB
> or not recently.  They talked about it on ExtremeTech, on DL.TV, and a few
> other places.  If I remember correctly, there is a way to get XP to display
> all 4GB but as was pointed out by Bobby you can't actually use all 4 GB.

> As far as the question about a RAM drive, if Windows can't access the
> physical RAM then you would have to have some program make the RAM drive
> before Windows starts up, I don't think you could do it from within
> Windows..  And of course there is also the question of whether your BIOS
> supports more than 4 GB.  Some do, some don't.


Yeah, they go back and forth on this. So, on the newest game system I
built with THG's input I originally setup with 2GB RAM. I had bought
4GB but kept 2GB back. Used it a few months and then threw the other
2GB on, works fine - a little faster, a little better. So... *shrug*


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Regards,
 joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key...

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