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1.75gb of RAM instead of 4gb? 32bi

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Name: goatman455
Date: May 24, 2008 at 18:01:41 Pacific
OS: Vista 32bit
CPU/Ram: 3.2ghz 4gb
Comment:

I actually have 4gb of ram, but it says 1.75 in windows. The system check in BIOS confirms 4gb detected. Should I have gotten 64bit Vista? What is going on? Let me know how to fix this, and if I should go with 64bit or 32bit vista.

Thanks



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Name: XpUser
Date: May 24, 2008 at 18:03:29 Pacific
Reply:

Who upgraded the RAM? You should be seeing about 3454MB or 3.12GB of RAM but never the full 4GB in both 32-bit & 64-bit Vista. This is by design. Read response number 2 in this thread.

http://www.computing.net/answers/wi...

i_Xp/VistaUser


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Response Number 2
Name: goatman455
Date: May 24, 2008 at 18:22:49 Pacific
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I bought it this way from alienware, it just came today, and it is all sorts of messed up. It is freezing too. It has 4gb and 32bit Vista.

Should I get 64bit?


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Response Number 3
Name: jam
Date: May 24, 2008 at 20:37:08 Pacific
Reply:

"Should I get 64bit?"

No, you probably need to get different RAM. But before doing anything, run memtest86 to see if any errors are found.

"And that's the fishing line, because Sharkboy said so!"


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Response Number 4
Name: Sabertooth
Date: May 24, 2008 at 21:44:23 Pacific
Reply:

Do you have a dual GPU (SLI) setup in the notebook?

Also, have you checked Alienware's FAQ/Knowledge Base or contacted them? You probably need to go into system's BIOS & enable Memory Remap.

http://support.alienware.com/Suppor...

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Response Number 5
Name: goatman455
Date: May 24, 2008 at 23:28:50 Pacific
Reply:

As soon as service pack 1 went on it was fine. However, it keeps freezing, i think its a hdd issue.


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