WINXP HOME NOT READING OR USING 4GIGs RAM?

Greetings,

Only 2 tweeks were ever done to this OS, Under "Performance
Options" I changed "Visual Effects" to "Adjust for Best
Performance", and also I added paging files to drive "C" and
"D" setting them on "System Managed Size".

My problem is memory related... I've been running this PC on 1 gig
[2-512Mb] of dual 266MHz DDR PC2100 DIM CL2.5 of RAM. Recently I
started doing a lot of graphics work on large 46mb files and kept
running out of memory. I use 3 different software programs and it
happens to every one, it is not a 3rd party issue.

I removed the 2-512 Mb boards and replaced with 4 matched, tested, 1
gig boards increasing my PC to 4 gigs. But it seems WinXP w/Service
Pack 2 is having a problem seeing and allocating the 4 gigs because I
run out of memory just as fast. I've even left "Systems >
Performance" running and noticed that when the window pops-up up
saying ''insufficient memory'', there is still plenty of gigs of memory
available.

BELOW: CMOS shows the 4+gigs, "Systems" only shows 3.37 gigs,
"Task Manager" only shows 3.53 gigs, While "System Information"
shows 4.09gigs with only 2.87gig available. I also included a copy of
my "boot.ini" folder since it's talked about a lot with WinXP and
memory.

Could someone please help with this problem?

==PC TYPE==============================
OS WIN XP HOME SP2
Pentium 2.8gig CPU
Asus P4G8X Delux MB - Bios 1006
RAM 4gigs 266MHz DDR PC2100 DIM CL2.5 [4 Matching boards]
VIDIO AGP VOODO 6 NVIDIA 256MG Onboard
2 MAXTOR HARD DRIVES 40 GIG EACH

==CMOS=================================
>>From cold boot CMOS checks memory at 4194304

==SYSTEMS==============================
Control Panel > Systems >
System: Microsoft Windows XP
Home Edition
Version 2002
Service Pack 2
Computer:
Intel{R}
Pentium{R} 4 CPU 2.80GHz
2.80 GHz, 3.37 GB of RAM

==PERFORMANCE========================
Task Manager > Performance >
Totals
Handles 7647
Threads 430
Processes 43
Physical Memory (K)
Total 3538464
Available 3138284
System Cache 410652
Commit Charge (K)
Total 245652
Limit 10453900
Peak 431236
Kernal Memory (K)
Total 108056
Paged 67612
Nonpaged 40416

==SYSTEM INFORMATION=================
Programs > Accessories > System Tools > System Information >
OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Manufacturer System Manufacturer
System Model System Name
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 7
GenuineIntel ~2800 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date Award Software, Inc. ASUS P4G8X ACPI BIOS
Revision 1006, 6/3/2003
SMBIOS Version 2.3
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180
{xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158}"
Time Zone Eastern Standard Time
Total Physical Memory 4,096.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 2.87 GB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Page File Space 9.97 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys

==BOOT.INI===========================
boot.ini

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn



Thank you,
Robert K

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