Windows 2003 sp2 with 4GB, report only 3,071MB?

[Guest mtczx232@yahoo.com]

I upgrade our server 2003 enterprise sp2 to 4G, but the windows report

total phisical only 3071.3 MB?? even the bios report for 4G??

[Guest Chris M]

Re: Windows 2003 sp2 with 4GB, report only 3,071MB?

 

mtczx232@yahoo.com wrote:

> I upgrade our server 2003 enterprise sp2 to 4G, but the windows report

> total phisical only 3071.3 MB?? even the bios report for 4G??

 

You could try the /PAE switch in boot.ini. You shouldn't need to, but

give it a try and see.

 

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Chris.

[Guest mtczx232@yahoo.com]

Re: Windows 2003 sp2 with 4GB, report only 3,071MB?

 

On 5 Nov, 14:57, Chris M <nob...@nowhere.special> wrote:

> mtczx...@yahoo.com wrote:

> > I upgrade our server 2003 enterprise sp2 to 4G, but the windows report

> > total phisical only 3071.3 MB?? even the bios report for 4G??

>

> You could try the /PAE switch in boot.ini. You shouldn't need to, but

> give it a try and see.

>

> --

> Chris.

 

the /PAE is refer to memory above 4G. isn't?

[Guest Chris M]

Re: Windows 2003 sp2 with 4GB, report only 3,071MB?

 

mtczx232@yahoo.com wrote:

> On 5 Nov, 14:57, Chris M <nob...@nowhere.special> wrote:

>> mtczx...@yahoo.com wrote:

>>> I upgrade our server 2003 enterprise sp2 to 4G, but the windows report

>>> total phisical only 3071.3 MB?? even the bios report for 4G??

>> You could try the /PAE switch in boot.ini. You shouldn't need to, but

>> give it a try and see.

>

> the /PAE is refer to memory above 4G. isn't?

 

Correct, which is why I said that you shouldn't *need* to use it,

however I did find a few reports of people with similar problems for

whom the PAE switch worked. Here's one:

 

http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=96097

 

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Chris.