Re: Just installed 2 more Gigs of RAM and SBS only shows 3.25 out of 4 Gigs total

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So from what I'm reading it is the old 640K limit all over again, except
this time we are at 4GB ;-)

Adding /PAE may work but it depends upons whether your motherboard supports
it. There may also be driver compatibility issues with PAE.

Note - if the MB has built-in in video then additional RAM is always taken
by the video card regardless of how much total RAM you have (how much may be
configurable in the video/color depth settings). This is not related to the
4GB problem, just a fact of life with on-board video.

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Allan Williams



"John" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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OK so the official answer from Dell is that just like on cheap
motherboards they are doing shared memory. So approx 500 megs of RAM is
being allocated to internal systems.


Nice..... :-(


John



"John" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks Allan.

I will call Dell and see what I find out.

John



"Al Williams" <donotreplydirect@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Most motherboards will not allow the entire 4GB to be used as they use a
lot of the upper memory for peripherals, etc. It has to do with the MB
chipsets, 32 bit OS, etc. - check the MB manual.

You may want to read the "RAM limits" post from the 17th as well.

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Allan Williams



"John" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I am running a Dell 1800 with 2 gigs of RAM. I added 2 more last night
and the SBS2k3 only shows 3.25 gigs now. I checked the BIOS and it
shows 4 gigs. I also ran a Belarc just for kicks and it shows all 4
sticks.

I thought that perhaps I had modified the boot.ini with the /3 gig
switch but I did not.


Any ideas?


Thanks


John









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