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OS Detects 2GB instead of 3.5 GB

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Name: Kay Tee Pren Tiss
Date: December 27, 2007 at 09:53:02 Pacific
OS: Windows XP Professional 3
CPU/Ram: Pentium D 3.4/Quad Core Q
Product: ASUS P5B-E
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Hello guys. I do not know where to post this, weather in the general hardware or the CPU/Overclocking, but I'll just post this in the CPU/ Overclocking forumn, so please don't fuss if I posted this in the wrong place.

Anyways, Last night, I read through a whole lot of forums on this. I had 2 GB on my system, but I bought another 2 GB to make 4 GB in total. Now, I am using Windows XP Professional 32 Bit version and I am happy with it and do NOT want to get the 64 bit version or Windows Vista. Now, I KNOW that Windows XP Professional 64 Bit cannot detect all 4 GB of RAM and I need to have the 64 Bit version for that, but I've heard that I can get at LEAST 3.5 GB of Memory working on Windows XP Professional 32 Bit. Now, I installed the memory in my ASUS P5B-E Motherboard, it only has 2.93 GB of Memory. I then looked at the motherboard bios info, tells me that it only has 3009 MB of memory, so I looked at a whole bunch of forums, turned on the memory remap and got 4096 GB of memory in the BIOS which is pretty good, but then in Windows XP Professional, it gives me 2 GB ONLY! This is really stupid.

Is there a way of getting 3.5 GB, NOT 4GB, just 3.5 on this 32 Bit Operationg System? Please help me.

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Name: Kay Tee Pren Tiss
Date: December 27, 2007 at 09:58:06 Pacific
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I tried the /PAE and the /3GB Switch, nothing happens. Is there any switches I should try? Is there an Update that can fix this issue?

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Name: Sabertooth
Date: December 29, 2007 at 08:51:13 Pacific
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Response Number 3
Name: Kay Tee Pren Tiss
Date: December 29, 2007 at 21:51:48 Pacific
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Thanks for the links Sabertooth! The fourth one answerd my question.

By The Way Sabbertooth, I am not a dude, I am a girl. Someone seems to have copied my question I posted here. Theres also nothing for me to let go. That's rude of you to tell me that. We all want 4 GB of RAM to work on a 32 Bit operating system, so I am not the only one who is complaining.

BOTTOM LINE: I am sticking with 3 GB on my 32 Bit OS. My Motherboard is Gay to have the 3 GB Limitation.

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