- XP Pro Max Physical Memory
- Posted by 998R on December 19th, 2005
How much physical RAM will XP support? My computermanufacturer says 2.7GB,
but the MOBO manufacturer says 4GB!
TIA for any info...
- Posted by Bert Kinney on December 19th, 2005
Hi,
WindowsXP supports up to 4 gigabytes (GB) of RAM.
Point your computer manufacture to this article.
Processor and memory capabilities of Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
and of the x64-based versions of Windows Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;888732
--
Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
http://bertk.mvps.org
998R wrote:
> How much physical RAM will XP support? My computermanufacturer says
> 2.7GB, but the MOBO manufacturer says 4GB!
>
> TIA for any info...
- Posted by cc_crash on December 19th, 2005
According to the MCSE Training kit put out by the Microsoft press for Windows
XP Pro- the minimum is 64 MB (128 Recommended) and the maximum is 4GB.
You might want to check with your computer manufacturer and see if that is
really a hardware limit of the computer.
I hope this helps.
"998R" wrote:
> How much physical RAM will XP support? My computermanufacturer says 2.7GB,
> but the MOBO manufacturer says 4GB!
>
> TIA for any info...
- Posted by 998R on December 19th, 2005
Thank you very much!
"Bert Kinney" wrote:
> Hi,
>
> WindowsXP supports up to 4 gigabytes (GB) of RAM.
>
> Point your computer manufacture to this article.
>
> Processor and memory capabilities of Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
> and of the x64-based versions of Windows Server 2003
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;888732
>
> --
> Regards,
> Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
> http://bertk.mvps.org
>
>
> 998R wrote:
> > How much physical RAM will XP support? My computermanufacturer says
> > 2.7GB, but the MOBO manufacturer says 4GB!
> >
> > TIA for any info...
>
>
>
- Posted by 998R on December 19th, 2005
Thank you very much!
"cc_crash" wrote:
> According to the MCSE Training kit put out by the Microsoft press for Windows
> XP Pro- the minimum is 64 MB (128 Recommended) and the maximum is 4GB.
>
> You might want to check with your computer manufacturer and see if that is
> really a hardware limit of the computer.
>
> I hope this helps.
>
> "998R" wrote:
>
> > How much physical RAM will XP support? My computermanufacturer says 2.7GB,
> > but the MOBO manufacturer says 4GB!
> >
> > TIA for any info...
- Posted by Arnie on December 20th, 2005
"998R" <998R@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6F3DBB27-4AE0-423A-B41F-F8514AC78B09@microsoft.com...
> How much physical RAM will XP support? My computermanufacturer
> says 2.7GB,
> but the MOBO manufacturer says 4GB!
>
> TIA for any info...
XP will support up to 4GB of RAM. However, you're dealing with
virtual memory. A machine with 2 GB of physical RAM can still
give you 4 GB of virtual memory. But, the more physical RAM, the
better.
4 GB of virtual memory is divided into the upper 2 GB for the OS
and the lower 2 GB for the application. The app will never be
able to access all of its 2 GB for a number of reasons. There is
something called the /3GB switch that can be used to force the OS
to use the upper 1 GB and give the app the lower 3 GB. This has
to be set in the boot record. Using this switch will probably
allow the app to access around 2.7 GB IF the EXE image has a flag
set that tells it it can do this. In many cases this isn't a
good idea because the OS now has less space for caching. Google
for "/3GB" and "LARGEADDRESSAWARE".
- Arnie
- Posted by Gerry Cornell on December 21st, 2005
Bert
Are all computers sold with two processors? The motherboard may
accommodate two but does that mean a computer manufacturer is
obliged to install two?
Isn't it possible ( probable? ) that 998R is misinterpreting a
statement by the manufacturer as to what has been provided for
what might have been provided?
Has 998R asked the computer manufacture the right question?
--
Regards.
Gerry
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Stourport, England
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"Bert Kinney" <bert@NSmvps.org> wrote in message
news:%23uiU3XOBGHA.2704@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> WindowsXP supports up to 4 gigabytes (GB) of RAM.
>
> Point your computer manufacture to this article.
>
> Processor and memory capabilities of Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
> and of the x64-based versions of Windows Server 2003
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;888732
>
> --
> Regards,
> Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
> http://bertk.mvps.org
>
>
> 998R wrote:
>> How much physical RAM will XP support? My computermanufacturer says
>> 2.7GB, but the MOBO manufacturer says 4GB!
>>
>> TIA for any info...
>
>
