If you are using Windows XP, that is the maximum that Windows XP will detect on that machine. On some other BIOS machines, Windows XP will detect 3.5 GB, but not on any machine will Windows XP detect more than 3.5 GB.
On 88.97 percent of computers with a BIOS capable of running Windows XP, Windows XP Pro or Windows XP Home, Windows XP will NOT detect more than 3.0+ GB of memory. Your machine is behaving normally. If you install Windows VISTA or Windows System 7, or Unix or Linux, that same machine will detect all 4 GB. RayBay - - - - - I like these cold, gray winter days. Days like these let you savor a bad mood. ... .... ..... ...... ....... Bill Watterson On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 6:52 AM, Paul A. Pennington <[email protected]>wrote: > > Aryeh Goretsky said: > > I noticed that my ThinkPad T61p (Model 6459-CTO) only detects >> 3070MB of RAM when performing the extended test at POST... >> > > What does Microsoft say? I wonder if they limit the scan at POST to speed > up the boot process? > > Paul Pennington > Augusta, Georgia > > > _______________________________________________ > Thinkpad mailing list > [email protected] > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad > _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
