You can boot it with pae. And I think it would see more. Sent from my iPhone
On Nov 28, 2011, at 5:20 PM, FORC5 <[email protected]> wrote: > FWIW my XP box with 4gb ram sees 3.25 of it. Bios on post sees it all. > > fp > > At 11:50 PM 11/27/2011, Veech Poked the stick with: >> I have a 5-year old PC that is humming along just fine using XP SP3. The >> board is an EVGA nForce 680i which NewEgg says will support up to 8GB RAM: >> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188013 however I >> have always thought that XP will only "see" 4G RAM> Is this true or will my >> board actually see the 8GB RAM with XP SP3? I doubt it will, but just >> wanted to throw it out there, see what you guys think. >> >> Currently I have 2 x 1GB DDR2-800 RAM Patriot brand. There are two more >> DIMM slots available. Should I toss the 5-yr old sticks and get 2 x 2GB RAM >> or just add 2 more 1GB sticks? RAM is cheap enough now that in this case >> the cost isn't a major issue. >> >> thanks! >> >> >> >> >> __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature >> database 6666 (20111128) __________ >> >> The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. >> >> http://www.eset.com >> >> > > -- > Tallyho ! ]:8) > Taglines below ! > -- > Is relativism the only absolute? >
