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From: Warren on 24 Apr 2008 10:34
I put 2 2 gig sticks in my new laptop, and the BIOS reports 4 gigs, but
XP reports only 3 gigs. Now, I know that XP can't recognize 4 gigs, but
I have heard that XP should report anywhere between 3.0 to 3.5 gigs (not
sure which numbers are accurate). Is it different for every machine? or
might there be another issue? or are the "Above 3.0 gig" numbers I have
hear inaccurate? the machine is a VAIO VGN-FZ190 that I *upgraded* to XP
(from Vista, blech).


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From: Michael Cecil on 24 Apr 2008 11:49
On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:34:17 -0400, Warren <usenet1-spambeg0ne-(a)ransom.us>
wrote:

>I put 2 2 gig sticks in my new laptop, and the BIOS reports 4 gigs, but
>XP reports only 3 gigs. Now, I know that XP can't recognize 4 gigs, but
>I have heard that XP should report anywhere between 3.0 to 3.5 gigs (not
>sure which numbers are accurate). Is it different for every machine? or
>might there be another issue? or are the "Above 3.0 gig" numbers I have
>hear inaccurate? the machine is a VAIO VGN-FZ190 that I *upgraded* to XP
>(from Vista, blech).

3.0 to 3.5 is right. You said it reports 3.0. That's within the given
range.

You can check the full amount of RAM by checking the what the BIOS says
during boot or on one of the BIOS screens.
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From: Conor on 24 Apr 2008 15:10
In article <FcCdnfmllte1B43VnZ2dnUVZ_oytnZ2d(a)supernews.com>, Warren
says...
> I put 2 2 gig sticks in my new laptop, and the BIOS reports 4 gigs, but
> XP reports only 3 gigs. Now, I know that XP can't recognize 4 gigs, but
> I have heard that XP should report anywhere between 3.0 to 3.5 gigs (not
> sure which numbers are accurate). Is it different for every machine? or
> might there be another issue? or are the "Above 3.0 gig" numbers I have
> hear inaccurate? the machine is a VAIO VGN-FZ190 that I *upgraded* to XP
> (from Vista, blech).
>
Yes it is different for every machine and it depends on how much
hardware you have installed and how much RAM there is on your graphics
card.

If you'd have kept with Vista, it'd have reported 4GB....


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From: Warren on 24 Apr 2008 15:14
Conor wrote:
> In article <FcCdnfmllte1B43VnZ2dnUVZ_oytnZ2d(a)supernews.com>, Warren
> says...
>> I put 2 2 gig sticks in my new laptop, and the BIOS reports 4 gigs, but
>> XP reports only 3 gigs. Now, I know that XP can't recognize 4 gigs, but
>> I have heard that XP should report anywhere between 3.0 to 3.5 gigs (not
>> sure which numbers are accurate). Is it different for every machine? or
>> might there be another issue? or are the "Above 3.0 gig" numbers I have
>> hear inaccurate? the machine is a VAIO VGN-FZ190 that I *upgraded* to XP
>> (from Vista, blech).
>>
> Yes it is different for every machine and it depends on how much
> hardware you have installed and how much RAM there is on your graphics
> card.
>
> If you'd have kept with Vista, it'd have reported 4GB....
>
>
That was why I originally got the 4 gigs, hoping I might see a
performance increase. But Vista seems to be teh suck no matter what you
throw at it, hence the upgrade to XP :)

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From: RobV on 24 Apr 2008 16:04
Warren wrote:
> I put 2 2 gig sticks in my new laptop, and the BIOS reports 4 gigs,
> but XP reports only 3 gigs. Now, I know that XP can't recognize 4
> gigs, but I have heard that XP should report anywhere between 3.0 to
> 3.5 gigs (not sure which numbers are accurate). Is it different for
> every machine? or might there be another issue? or are the "Above 3.0
> gig" numbers I have hear inaccurate? the machine is a VAIO VGN-FZ190
> that I *upgraded* to XP (from Vista, blech).

Any 32 bit OS, XP or Vista, will only be able to use ~ 3.0 GB RAM. As
mentioned, the other ~ 1 GB is used for addressing hardware on, or
plugged into, the motherboard.

XP or Vista 64 bit will address all the memory you could want. The
downside is there aren't many drivers written for 64 bit OSes, so the
hardware you could use would be limited to those items that have 64 bit
drivers.


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