RE: 4GB or 3GB physical memory for 32 bit wondows vista

Okay. I'm having the same problem. I just installed 2 more gig on top of my 2
gig on my rig and not only does vista say that it is 3.5 gig, but it keeps
crashing and is acting really odd. I've gotten the Blue screen many times. It
isn't the new ram because bios loves it and my mobo supports up to 8 gig.
Dxdiag tells me that my geforce 8600gt xxx has 1774 mb of ram when I have the
4 gig ram installed but I'm still crashing. I even took out one of my 1 gig
sticks and I am still crashing. I am running 32 bit vista ultimate and can't
exactly afford to go out and buy a 64 bit vista. I have tried all the updates
with no results. So what is a solution to my hangups? Thanks in advance.

"JC" wrote:

> I have 4GB of physical RAM, windows vista shows only 3326MB. Does it really
> help with performance if I have 4GB or should I just install 3GB memory? I
> just bought the additional 2GB memory (had 2GB before) and wondering if I
> should exchange for a 1GB one. Thanks.

Since you don't say what hardware your using, esp which mobo and what memory
modules, the only advice is to go to the mobo manufacturer's website and
review the information on tested ram and any limitations of the mobo. There
should be a user forum on that website devoted to your mobo. This is
probably the number one issue on those forums because it is an issue often
seen here. There are many threads on your issue already started on this
newsgroup and you should review those.

"Kyle" <Kyle@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:06FF167B-FC79-41D4-942A-9932D2E2CCF1@microsoft.com...
> Okay. I'm having the same problem. I just installed 2 more gig on top of
> my 2
> gig on my rig and not only does vista say that it is 3.5 gig, but it keeps
> crashing and is acting really odd. I've gotten the Blue screen many times.
> It
> isn't the new ram because bios loves it and my mobo supports up to 8 gig.
> Dxdiag tells me that my geforce 8600gt xxx has 1774 mb of ram when I have
> the
> 4 gig ram installed but I'm still crashing. I even took out one of my 1
> gig
> sticks and I am still crashing. I am running 32 bit vista ultimate and
> can't
> exactly afford to go out and buy a 64 bit vista. I have tried all the
> updates
> with no results. So what is a solution to my hangups? Thanks in advance.
>
> "JC" wrote:
>
>> I have 4GB of physical RAM, windows vista shows only 3326MB. Does it
>> really
>> help with performance if I have 4GB or should I just install 3GB memory?
>> I
>> just bought the additional 2GB memory (had 2GB before) and wondering if I
>> should exchange for a 1GB one. Thanks.

Colin,

It is a pleasure to see you back... I really mean that.

I hope you are doing well, and I hope you plan to stick
around.

Take care,

Michael

"Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:0A01A778-9EF0-4229-BF03-4FC321CB07F6@microsoft.com...
> Since you don't say what hardware your using, esp which mobo and what memory modules, the
> only advice is to go to the mobo manufacturer's website and review the information on tested
> ram and any limitations of the mobo. There should be a user forum on that website devoted to
> your mobo. This is probably the number one issue on those forums because it is an issue
> often seen here. There are many threads on your issue already started on this newsgroup and
> you should review those.
>
> "Kyle" <Kyle@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:06FF167B-FC79-41D4-942A-9932D2E2CCF1@microsoft.com...
>> Okay. I'm having the same problem. I just installed 2 more gig on top of my 2
>> gig on my rig and not only does vista say that it is 3.5 gig, but it keeps
>> crashing and is acting really odd. I've gotten the Blue screen many times. It
>> isn't the new ram because bios loves it and my mobo supports up to 8 gig.
>> Dxdiag tells me that my geforce 8600gt xxx has 1774 mb of ram when I have the
>> 4 gig ram installed but I'm still crashing. I even took out one of my 1 gig
>> sticks and I am still crashing. I am running 32 bit vista ultimate and can't
>> exactly afford to go out and buy a 64 bit vista. I have tried all the updates
>> with no results. So what is a solution to my hangups? Thanks in advance.
>>
>> "JC" wrote:
>>
>>> I have 4GB of physical RAM, windows vista shows only 3326MB. Does it really
>>> help with performance if I have 4GB or should I just install 3GB memory? I
>>> just bought the additional 2GB memory (had 2GB before) and wondering if I
>>> should exchange for a 1GB one. Thanks.
>

Health is better. Thank you for your kind thoughts.

"MICHAEL" <u158627_7@dslr.net> wrote in message
news:O19mnp5VIHA.1188@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Colin,
>
> It is a pleasure to see you back... I really mean that.
>
> I hope you are doing well, and I hope you plan to stick
> around.
>
> Take care,
>
> Michael
>
> "Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:0A01A778-9EF0-4229-BF03-4FC321CB07F6@microsoft.com...
>> Since you don't say what hardware your using, esp which mobo and what
>> memory modules, the only advice is to go to the mobo manufacturer's
>> website and review the information on tested ram and any limitations of
>> the mobo. There should be a user forum on that website devoted to your
>> mobo. This is probably the number one issue on those forums because it
>> is an issue often seen here. There are many threads on your issue
>> already started on this newsgroup and you should review those.
>>
>> "Kyle" <Kyle@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:06FF167B-FC79-41D4-942A-9932D2E2CCF1@microsoft.com...
>>> Okay. I'm having the same problem. I just installed 2 more gig on top of
>>> my 2
>>> gig on my rig and not only does vista say that it is 3.5 gig, but it
>>> keeps
>>> crashing and is acting really odd. I've gotten the Blue screen many
>>> times. It
>>> isn't the new ram because bios loves it and my mobo supports up to 8
>>> gig.
>>> Dxdiag tells me that my geforce 8600gt xxx has 1774 mb of ram when I
>>> have the
>>> 4 gig ram installed but I'm still crashing. I even took out one of my 1
>>> gig
>>> sticks and I am still crashing. I am running 32 bit vista ultimate and
>>> can't
>>> exactly afford to go out and buy a 64 bit vista. I have tried all the
>>> updates
>>> with no results. So what is a solution to my hangups? Thanks in advance.
>>>
>>> "JC" wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have 4GB of physical RAM, windows vista shows only 3326MB. Does it
>>>> really
>>>> help with performance if I have 4GB or should I just install 3GB
>>>> memory? I
>>>> just bought the additional 2GB memory (had 2GB before) and wondering if
>>>> I
>>>> should exchange for a 1GB one. Thanks.
>>

I'm so happy to hear that, Colin.
Absolutely thrilled to see you back.

Please, pardon the bragging;

Folks, Colin is one of the most helpful MVPs you will
ever encounter. He helped so many of us through
the Vista beta period and through the the early months
after Vista's RTM. Knowledgeable in so many areas, too.
He's also brilliant with using various virtual machines/vhds.


-Michael

"Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:5FE573EC-B94F-420A-A4EB-B0C44E128531@microsoft.com...
> Health is better. Thank you for your kind thoughts.
>
> "MICHAEL" <u158627_7@dslr.net> wrote in message news:O19mnp5VIHA.1188@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Colin,
>>
>> It is a pleasure to see you back... I really mean that.
>>
>> I hope you are doing well, and I hope you plan to stick
>> around.
>>
>> Take care,
>>
>> Michael
>>
>> "Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message
>> news:0A01A778-9EF0-4229-BF03-4FC321CB07F6@microsoft.com...
>>> Since you don't say what hardware your using, esp which mobo and what memory modules, the
>>> only advice is to go to the mobo manufacturer's website and review the information on
>>> tested ram and any limitations of the mobo. There should be a user forum on that website
>>> devoted to your mobo. This is probably the number one issue on those forums because it is
>>> an issue often seen here. There are many threads on your issue already started on this
>>> newsgroup and you should review those.
>>>
>>> "Kyle" <Kyle@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:06FF167B-FC79-41D4-942A-9932D2E2CCF1@microsoft.com...
>>>> Okay. I'm having the same problem. I just installed 2 more gig on top of my 2
>>>> gig on my rig and not only does vista say that it is 3.5 gig, but it keeps
>>>> crashing and is acting really odd. I've gotten the Blue screen many times. It
>>>> isn't the new ram because bios loves it and my mobo supports up to 8 gig.
>>>> Dxdiag tells me that my geforce 8600gt xxx has 1774 mb of ram when I have the
>>>> 4 gig ram installed but I'm still crashing. I even took out one of my 1 gig
>>>> sticks and I am still crashing. I am running 32 bit vista ultimate and can't
>>>> exactly afford to go out and buy a 64 bit vista. I have tried all the updates
>>>> with no results. So what is a solution to my hangups? Thanks in advance.
>>>>
>>>> "JC" wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I have 4GB of physical RAM, windows vista shows only 3326MB. Does it really
>>>>> help with performance if I have 4GB or should I just install 3GB memory? I
>>>>> just bought the additional 2GB memory (had 2GB before) and wondering if I
>>>>> should exchange for a 1GB one. Thanks.
>>>
>