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My PC already have a 2gb ram in slot 1 and added a new 8gb to slot 2 but after booting it shows only 3.49 gb as available memory(I also checked it with speccy app). I checked msconfig options and the max memory is unchecked. How do I fix it?
RonAlex
Posted 2015-12-17T08:21:00.347
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If you have a 32 bit version, 3.5 GB is the limit of the address space, there is no fix possible. You need to get 64 bit Windows to use all the memory; that's why 64 bit Windows came out (not the only reason though)
Aganju
Posted 2015-12-17T08:21:00.347
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I disagree, it states that there is no fix, because it is a hard limit for 32 bit systems. What else could the answer be (assuming this is not incorrect)? – Aganju – 2015-12-17T21:59:00.533
Then how come 32-bit linux doesn't suffer from this 'hard limit'? :) – jiggunjer – 2015-12-19T18:05:59.210
@jiggunjer, although 4GB is the theoretical limit of 32 bit address space, the question was about Windows, which - in the 32-bit editions - is internally architected so it cannot use more than 3.5 GB RAM memory. – Aganju – 2015-12-19T18:23:05.897
@JakeGould I think it does answer the question "how to fix it" -> "get 64bit OS". – jiggunjer – 2015-12-19T18:33:09.730
@jiggunjer Fair enough. I removed my review patrol comment and my down vote. – JakeGould – 2015-12-19T20:30:01.447
I sent the model number to the seller and he said there's nothing wrong with my motherboard and ram. – RonAlex – 2015-12-17T08:27:05.593
This question already has an answer on this site. – jiggunjer – 2015-12-17T08:30:02.717
Do you have a 32bit OS? – Burgi – 2015-12-17T15:08:33.180