installing home premium 64bit w/ 4g RAM

I keep reading about folks who needed to remove some sticks of ram
before installing vista 64-bit. Is this mandatory? I have 4 gig of Ram
and I really don't want to open up my box and remove 2 gigs, as my
computer is large and I'd have to remove memory cooling, etc. (I know,
lazy) Do some people with 4 gigs ram succeed in installing vista without
removing memory?


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phats_O

CPU Type QuadCore Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6800, 3466 MHz (12 x 289)
Motherboard Name Dell XPS 720
Motherboard Chipset nVIDIA nForce 680i SLI
Corsair Dominator Memory 4*1G (DDR2-800 DDR2)o/c 1066
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX (768 MB)
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX (768 MB)
3D Accelerator nVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX
Monitor Dell 1905FP (Digital) [19" LCD]
Audio Adapter Creative CA20K1 X-Fi Xtreme Fidelity Audio Processor
Power supply 1kW

I didn't have any issues installing Vista using 4 GB of RAM. Depending on
the motherboard and other hardware, sometimes it does need to be done,
though. I just personally haven't had to yet. I guess your best bet would be
to just go for it.

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Dustin Harper
dharper@vistarip.com
http://www.VistaRIP.com | Vista Resource & Information Page


"phats_O" <phats_O.351dk0@no-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
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>
> I keep reading about folks who needed to remove some sticks of ram
> before installing vista 64-bit. Is this mandatory? I have 4 gig of Ram
> and I really don't want to open up my box and remove 2 gigs, as my
> computer is large and I'd have to remove memory cooling, etc. (I know,
> lazy) Do some people with 4 gigs ram succeed in installing vista without
> removing memory?
>
>
> --
> phats_O
>
> CPU Type QuadCore Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6800, 3466 MHz (12 x 289)
> Motherboard Name Dell XPS 720
> Motherboard Chipset nVIDIA nForce 680i SLI
> Corsair Dominator Memory 4*1G (DDR2-800 DDR2)o/c 1066
> Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX (768 MB)
> Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX (768 MB)
> 3D Accelerator nVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX
> Monitor Dell 1905FP (Digital) [19" LCD]
> Audio Adapter Creative CA20K1 X-Fi Xtreme Fidelity Audio Processor
> Power supply 1kW

"phats_O" <phats_O.351dk0@no-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
news:phats_O.351dk0@no-mx.forums.net...
>
> I keep reading about folks who needed to remove some sticks of ram
> before installing vista 64-bit. Is this mandatory? I have 4 gig of Ram
> and I really don't want to open up my box and remove 2 gigs, as my
> computer is large and I'd have to remove memory cooling, etc. (I know,
> lazy) Do some people with 4 gigs ram succeed in installing vista without
> removing memory?
>
>
> --
> phats_O
>
> CPU Type QuadCore Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6800, 3466 MHz (12 x 289)
> Motherboard Name Dell XPS 720
> Motherboard Chipset nVIDIA nForce 680i SLI
> Corsair Dominator Memory 4*1G (DDR2-800 DDR2)o/c 1066
> Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX (768 MB)
> Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX (768 MB)
> 3D Accelerator nVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX
> Monitor Dell 1905FP (Digital) [19" LCD]
> Audio Adapter Creative CA20K1 X-Fi Xtreme Fidelity Audio Processor
> Power supply 1kW


I had no issues installing Vista Ultimate on an AMD Phenom PC w/4 Gig
installed. YMMV.
There is one thing I'd do, though, if I were you, before attempting the
install. Get rid of the overclocking. Get your OS installed and working
reliably, *then* do the overclocking. I've had personal experience where an
OS installation failed on overclocked hardware, then went fine with the BIOS
set to defaults. Many others have reported similar experiences.

Ok, thanks. I'll try the install with all my ram first and keep my
fingers crossed. I agree about the overclocking, I have actually set
everything back, my signature just doesn't reflect it.


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phats_O

CPU Type QuadCore Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6800, 3466 MHz (12 x 289)
Motherboard Name Dell XPS 720
Motherboard Chipset nVIDIA nForce 680i SLI
Corsair Dominator Memory 4*1G (DDR2-800 DDR2)o/c 1066
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX (768 MB)
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX (768 MB)
3D Accelerator nVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX
Monitor Dell 1905FP (Digital) [19" LCD]
Audio Adapter Creative CA20K1 X-Fi Xtreme Fidelity Audio Processor
Power supply 1kW

For the record, I got the bsod, removed the 2 gigs memory, then
everything went fine. It was worth a try.


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phats_O

CPU Type QuadCore Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6800, 3466 MHz (12 x 289)
Motherboard Name Dell XPS 720
Motherboard Chipset nVIDIA nForce 680i SLI
Corsair Dominator Memory 4*1G (DDR2-800 DDR2)o/c 1066
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX (768 MB)
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX (768 MB)
3D Accelerator nVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX
Monitor Dell 1905FP (Digital) [19" LCD]
Audio Adapter Creative CA20K1 X-Fi Xtreme Fidelity Audio Processor
Power supply 1kW