Guest CptKirk Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 What is the maximum allowed memory for XP. My motherboard can handle 4 gigs, can XP?
Guest Newbie Coder Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 Re: Maximum memory upgrade Cpt James T. Kirk Its the maximum the board holds for the recommended memory. 2-4 Gb is fine these days so long as the graphics card is quite decent so not to start stealing RAM One of my server boards can handle 32 Gb, but it only has 24 Gb installed -- Newbie Coder (It's just a name) "CptKirk" <CptKirk@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:9F3DCABE-78A7-4F58-9405-B8B118D4C758@microsoft.com... > What is the maximum allowed memory for XP. My motherboard can handle 4 gigs, > can XP?
Guest Arun Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 Re: Maximum memory upgrade XP support upto 4 GB, but it may not disaplay that correctly due to some problems, Refer: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/888137 Regards, Arun Aluvila "Newbie Coder" wrote: > Cpt James T. Kirk > > Its the maximum the board holds for the recommended memory. 2-4 Gb is fine these > days so long as the graphics card is quite decent so not to start stealing RAM > > One of my server boards can handle 32 Gb, but it only has 24 Gb installed > > -- > Newbie Coder > (It's just a name) > > > > "CptKirk" <CptKirk@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:9F3DCABE-78A7-4F58-9405-B8B118D4C758@microsoft.com... > > What is the maximum allowed memory for XP. My motherboard can handle 4 gigs, > > can XP? > > >
Guest Tim Slattery Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 Re: Maximum memory upgrade CptKirk <CptKirk@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >What is the maximum allowed memory for XP. My motherboard can handle 4 gigs, >can XP? 32-bit WinXP can handle up to 4GB of RAM. But it won't be able to see and use all of that. See http://members.cox.net/slatteryt/RAM.html for a discussion. -- Tim Slattery MS MVP(DTS) Slattery_T@bls.gov http://members.cox.net/slatteryt
Guest Ken Blake, MVP Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 Re: Maximum memory upgrade On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 02:36:05 -0700, CptKirk <CptKirk@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > What is the maximum allowed memory for XP. My motherboard can handle 4 gigs, > can XP? Yes and no. The 32-bit version of Windows XP (I assume that's what you have) can handle 4GB, however in practice it can only use about 3GB. All 32-bit versions of Windows have a 4GB address space. However all of them (not just XP) have to use some of that address for hardware devices. After deducting that use (which varies depending on your devices) you normally get about 3.1GB of remaining usable space. What applications are you running that make you think you could make effective use of that much memory? It's a very rare person running XP for whom having more than 512MB to 1GB wouldn't be a waste of money. Many people don't even need that much. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User Please Reply to the Newsgroup
Guest Tim Slattery Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 Re: Maximum memory upgrade "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.am.invalid.domain> wrote: >On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 02:36:05 -0700, CptKirk ><CptKirk@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > >> What is the maximum allowed memory for XP. My motherboard can handle 4 gigs, >> can XP? > > >Yes and no. The 32-bit version of Windows XP (I assume that's what you >have) can handle 4GB, however in practice it can only use about 3GB. That varies a LOT. My machine sees 3.50 GB. It depends on your video adapter, your BIOS and several other things. -- Tim Slattery MS MVP(DTS) Slattery_T@bls.gov http://members.cox.net/slatteryt
Guest Ken Blake, MVP Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 Re: Maximum memory upgrade On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 16:04:52 -0400, Tim Slattery <Slattery_T@bls.gov> wrote: > "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.am.invalid.domain> wrote: > > >On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 02:36:05 -0700, CptKirk > ><CptKirk@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > > >> What is the maximum allowed memory for XP. My motherboard can handle 4 gigs, > >> can XP? > > > > > >Yes and no. The 32-bit version of Windows XP (I assume that's what you > >have) can handle 4GB, however in practice it can only use about 3GB. > > That varies a LOT. My machine sees 3.50 GB. It depends on your video > adapter, your BIOS and several other things. Yes, it certainly does vary. That's why I said in the part of my message you snipped, "After deducting that use (which varies depending on your devices) you normally get about 3.1GB of remaining usable space." -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User Please Reply to the Newsgroup
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