Ram problem

[TechLord]

Originally Posted by moro3391

hi all
actually i have sony vaio lapto 64bit with 6gb ram i tried to install windows7 32 bit but the problem is the ram when i go to my computer than properties idont
see that 6gb ram only 1 gb ram.

Depending on the RELEASE of Windows 7 that you are using (for example Windows Starter, Pro or Enterprise) it can only access or "see" a certain amount of RAM even if more RAM has been installed.

LIMITS for Windows 7 can be viewed HERE .

Link to complete article here .

Having said that, 1 Gb seems too low a limit - please post a screenshot.

Cheers

[DARKER]

Probably your notebook share system RAM with the Graphic Card (can be 1-2GB)

If you have more ram (>=3gb) installed on 32 system, you can create ram disk that can access rest of ram. E.g. you have 6GB, system use 3GB, so you can create 3GB Ram disk where you place windows swap file, temp directory.. So you use all of your memory.

Or you can try this:
Windows 7 32-bit with full 4 GB or 8 GB RAM support

http://www.unawave.de/windows-7-tipps/32-bit-ram-barrier.html?lang=EN

[Kerlingen]

Is there any special reason you really don't want to use the 64 bit edition of Windows 7? If your laptop has 6 GB RAM installed I assume it had a 64 bit OS preinstalled. 32 and 64 bit editions of Windows can be used with the same product key (or the same OEM license info in BIOS).

The only reason for installing a 32 bit edition nowdays would be running old games with 64 bit unaware copy protections. For everything else running a virtual machine with a 32 bit OS would be easier.

When your laptop was new, how much RAM did the preinstalled OS show?

[moro3391]

Hi Darker
that link you upload shows the same problem of mine
http://www.unawave.de/windows-7-tipps/32-bit-ram-barrier.html?lang=EN
thank you all

[TechLord]

Originally Posted by DARKER

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Or you can try this:
Windows 7 32-bit with full 4 GB or 8 GB RAM support

http://www.unawave.de/windows-7-tipps/32-bit-ram-barrier.html?lang=EN

This is great ! I was not aware of this, my friend. Unfortunately, the ""4GB-RAMPatch.exe" file is not available...

While I will do a detailed google search today, it would be nice if you could attach it here for anyone looking for it in the future

Cheers