Seems to be a bug or a chipset thing if it's different on different systems, all with 4G of ram. Either way there's no reason to not use a 64 bit os in 2010.
On Sat, May 01, 2010 at 10:43:14AM -0700, maccrawj wrote: > Sorry, your point/counterpoint is? Think I'm missing something here. > > > On 5/1/2010 7:28 AM, Bryan Seitz wrote: > > Well no, I've seen systems with 4G of memory show: > > > > 2.5G > > 2.8G > > 3.5G > > > > with /PAE > > > > :) > > > > On Sat, May 01, 2010 at 12:30:54AM -0700, maccrawj wrote: > >> Not a bug, that's the Microsoft artificial memory map limit on 32bit OS to > >> (ostensibly) prevent driver issues caused by brain dead drivers writing to > >> 64bit > >> addresses as if they were 32bit which is also why x64 is so draconian > >> about signed > >> drivers! In other words despite PAE MS prevents working outside 32bit/4GB > >> memory > >> space on32bit OS. This was the subject of much discussion a few months ago > >> here and > >> someone posted a link to the conspiracy guy who "outed" M$' secret agenda, > >> LOL. > >> > >> Now assuming x64 hardware, switch to a x64 OS (caveat "The BIOS must > >> support the > >> memory remapping feature") to get 4GB+ addressable w/ device memory mapped > >> above that. > >> > >> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929605 > >> > >> On 4/30/2010 3:35 PM, Bryan Seitz wrote: > >>> Yeah I've seen that bug too, even with /PAE etc still doesn't fix it. > >>> You should upgrade to Win7-64 :) > >>> > >>> On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 06:32:30PM -0400, Jason Carson wrote: > >>>> I have 6 GB of RAM and a GeForce 295 with 1.7 GB of memory but am running > >>>> WinXP 32 bit and my system only shows that I have 2.49 GB of RAM. > >>>> > >>>>> Well, it does sort of sound like that. I have Win 7 ultimate with 6GB > >>>>> RAM. > >>>>> When I right-click on My Computer and select properties, it says I have > >>>>> 6.0GB. On my work machine (4GB RAM) with XP and 2 graphic cards, it > >>>>> says > >>>>> I > >>>>> have about 2.89GB RAM. > >>>>> > > -- Bryan G. Seitz
