Windows 2003 Ent. x86 only seeing 3.25GB of RAM when is 8GB instal

[Dan]

I have a Windows 2003 Enterprise Server 32 bit running on a HP DL380 G5. The
server used to only have 4Gb of RAM and at which point Windows only saw
3.25GB which is normal, but I just upgraded it to 8GB of RAM and Windows
still only shows 3.25 GB of RAM installed and the BIOS shows 8GB installed
when booting. How do I get it to see that I upgrade the RAM to 8GB?

[Dan]

My bad, forgot with 32 bit you have to add /PAE to boot.ini file. I'm used
to 64bit just picking it right up.

"Dan" wrote:

> I have a Windows 2003 Enterprise Server 32 bit running on a HP DL380 G5. The
> server used to only have 4Gb of RAM and at which point Windows only saw
> 3.25GB which is normal, but I just upgraded it to 8GB of RAM and Windows
> still only shows 3.25 GB of RAM installed and the BIOS shows 8GB installed
> when booting. How do I get it to see that I upgrade the RAM to 8GB?

[Robert L. \(MS-MVP\)]

Thank you for the update.

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"Dan" <dmorris@basicbusiness.com> wrote in message
news:7FEB2EDB-048B-40BC-8672-02D9B616ED81@microsoft.com...
> My bad, forgot with 32 bit you have to add /PAE to boot.ini file. I'm
> used
> to 64bit just picking it right up.
>
> "Dan" wrote:
>
>> I have a Windows 2003 Enterprise Server 32 bit running on a HP DL380 G5.
>> The
>> server used to only have 4Gb of RAM and at which point Windows only saw
>> 3.25GB which is normal, but I just upgraded it to 8GB of RAM and Windows
>> still only shows 3.25 GB of RAM installed and the BIOS shows 8GB
>> installed
>> when booting. How do I get it to see that I upgrade the RAM to 8GB?