Hi, i ordered all the stuff of the net to make a pc then my friend built it all.

He ordered my vista home premium 32bit OEM. I was fine with 2gb of ram at the time but now i want to be able to use 4gb (or close)of ram.

Anyway to figure out how much ram will show up in windows without buying any just to test it?

P.S. I have some friends who have 64bit vista ultimate and after they download a specific windows update (they dont know which update) there computer doesnt work. insead of going to the loading thing with the bars moving, it goes to a black screen and all you can see is the mouse.

A pc tech guy at a shop said this has been happaning a lot recently with his customers and only way to fix it is to reformat.

Any ideas? Thanks everyone.

A) no need to multi-post

B) this has been covered before last I believe in the hardware forum, use the search function.

C) Change the IT Expert you speak to...

truly a classic:

Dude, Where's My 4 Gigabytes of RAM?

Thanks for the link, but ive read that before.

And stop redirecting me please and answer the question?

Gamer this is a voluntary participating forum, if you want the answers pay for support, do not tell us what to do!

"Anyway to figure out how much ram will show up in windows without buying any just to test it?"

Go to your motherboard manufacturer's website, there should be a memory FAQ on there.

1. the motherboard manual will tell you how much ram your motherboard will handle.

2. in order for vista to see ram above 3 gigs you have to go into your bios and enable memory remap feature.