Why would 2gig work and not 4gig

bosaap · Post by **bosaap** » 23 May 2008, 13:20

Hi guys

Just want to find out why a rpoduct would work with 2gig ram but as soon as you put 4gig in it doesnt......
This is on vista. I have been busy reloading and downloading new software but at the end removing ram was the thing that worked y would that be...

I34z1k · Post by **I34z1k** » 23 May 2008, 13:22

What product? What motherboard?

bosaap · Post by **bosaap** » 23 May 2008, 13:26

was a netgear product and itle celeron dont ahve the specs now with me for the motherboard.

I did go on netgear site and all the said was to do an upgrade so i was on another site and thats where i found to remove the ram and it worked....
But all i wold like to know is why does it do it, on vista business 32bit.....

Mow · Post by **Mow** » 23 May 2008, 14:04

More info there bosaap : Complete the form.

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Ark · Post by **Ark** » 23 May 2008, 14:07

32bit or 64bit?

WiK1d · Post by **WiK1d** » 23 May 2008, 14:08

He said Vista 32bit, and there the problem lies

PhReaK_K · Post by **PhReaK_K** » 23 May 2008, 14:28

bosaap wrote:Hi guys

Just want to find out why a rpoduct would work with 2gig ram but as soon as you put 4gig in it doesnt......
This is on vista. I have been busy reloading and downloading new software but at the end removing ram was the thing that worked y would that be...

Studies at Cambridge univarsity shows that if you have the first and last letter of a word at the right place you can jumble the rest of the letter in the word and it will still be readable.

But dude, try a spell check, you confusing me !!!

Frozenfireside · Post by **Frozenfireside** » 23 May 2008, 14:57

Its 32bit restrictions. It's not an error-just a limit.
There is a patch I think but I doubt you will need more then 2gigs for that PC and what you want to do with it. 3gigs will also work.

jPm · Post by **jPm** » 23 May 2008, 16:47

bosaap wrote:was a netgear product and itle celeron dont ahve the specs now with me for the motherboard.

I did go on netgear site and all the said was to do an upgrade so i was on another site and thats where i found to remove the ram and it worked....
But all i wold like to know is why does it do it, on vista business 32bit.....

32Bit does not support more than 3GB RAM

Mow · Post by **Mow** » 23 May 2008, 17:20

Yea , what he was trying to ask though is why a wireless adapter would error ( code 10 ) when 4 gb is installed and not when 2gb is.

DwayneZ · Post by **DwayneZ** » 25 May 2008, 13:32

jPm wrote:
bosaap wrote:was a netgear product and itle celeron dont ahve the specs now with me for the motherboard.

I did go on netgear site and all the said was to do an upgrade so i was on another site and thats where i found to remove the ram and it worked....
But all i wold like to know is why does it do it, on vista business 32bit.....

32Bit does not support more than 3GB RAM

Yeah don't try to squeeze 3 gb on that!

Hex_Rated · Post by **Hex_Rated** » 25 May 2008, 14:47

A 32bit OS can address 4GB, however that 4GB is shared between all the components in the PC as well as your RAM (which is why you see the 3.25GB figure often quoted as the limit). My theory is that your physical RAM somehow used up the address space where your network adapter would normally be accessed.

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