Ta! My braine hurts But it's nice to know that MS and Intel is/are/be implementing NEX it's only been around for 30+ years
JimB ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Cogan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 6:09 PM Subject: Re: Infrequent and Irregular Windows Lockups > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "James Button" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 11:33 > > > > ... > > If that is within windows - there is an option to tell windows to work > > with > > a 4Gb limit instead of the default 3GB limit > > > > If that is at the Startup BIOS memory check - although the 'may' bit needs > > a > > bit of consideration > > as does the meaning of 3+ being a little less than 4Gb > > ( - wot 399,999,999 bytes, or 300,000,001bytes?) > > > > are some of these boards different to others despite the same code > > or is the difference to do with the memory, > > or perhaps it's to do with the refresh/read/write cycles, voltage (power > > available) and bus speed/multiplier > > ... > > > WindowsXP has a default limit of 4GB of RAM, not 3GB. The OS reporting 3GB+ > of RAM when 4GB are installed is a display bug only. Windows will still > allow use of the full 2GB OS and 2GB APPS. see: > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/888137/en-us > > From Microsoft KB article http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=555223: > " > Here's a list of how much RAM the various Windows versions and editions > support (as of Nov 2004): > > Windows NT 4.0: 4 GB > Windows 2000 Professional: 4 GB > Windows 2000 Standard Server: 4 GB > Windows 2000 Advanced Server: 8GB > Windows 2000 Datacenter Server: 32GB > Windows XP Professional: 4 GB > Windows Server 2003 Web Edition: 2 GB > Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition: 4 GB > Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition: 32 GB > Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition: 64 GB > " > > Also, the following article regarding PAE may be of interest to understand > the ability to use more than 4GB on a 32 bit architecture. > http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/platform/server/PAE/pae_os.mspx. > > > Regards, > ************************************* > Rick Cogan from Melbourne, FL > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > ---------------------------------------- > The WIN-HOME mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned > LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: > http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html > > -- ---------------------------------------- The WIN-HOME mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html
