RAM Question

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I have an older PC running Windows 2000 Professional. The PC currently has
512MB of RAM in it (2 x 256MB RAM). But, the motherboard is cabable of
taking one more 256MB RAM chip (for a total of 768MB of RAM). Can Windows
2000 Professional support 768MB of RAM, or am I stuck at just using 512MB?

I ask because I believe that Windows 98 could only support up to 512MB of
RAM, and I'm not sure if Microsoft upped the amount for Windows 2000.
 
Yes, won't be a problem.

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|I have an older PC running Windows 2000 Professional. The PC currently has
| 512MB of RAM in it (2 x 256MB RAM). But, the motherboard is cabable of
| taking one more 256MB RAM chip (for a total of 768MB of RAM). Can Windows
| 2000 Professional support 768MB of RAM, or am I stuck at just using 512MB?
|
| I ask because I believe that Windows 98 could only support up to 512MB of
| RAM, and I'm not sure if Microsoft upped the amount for Windows 2000.
 
Win2k can certainly support more than 512mb, I currently run 1gb, which is
ample for my usage.
Whether you would see much benefit depends on what apps you are running, it
also depends, to a certain extent on the make of ram.
You may also need to update your Bios, to use more ram, or gain advantage.
It can also be a question of how much ram your mobo can support,
 
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I have an older PC running Windows 2000 Professional. The PC currently has
512MB of RAM in it (2 x 256MB RAM). But, the motherboard is cabable of
taking one more 256MB RAM chip (for a total of 768MB of RAM). Can Windows
2000 Professional support 768MB of RAM, or am I stuck at just using 512MB?

I ask because I believe that Windows 98 could only support up to 512MB of
RAM, and I'm not sure if Microsoft upped the amount for Windows 2000.
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Win2K supports up to 2G easily. More than that requires some odd
switches, and in some cases, special versions of Win2K and other
software.

Win9x/Me can also support at least 1G, and maybe 2G, but would sometimes
get flakey with more than 512M. There were some system.ini settings that
could be set to help a bit, although often the easiest fix was to force
it to only see 512-768M.
 
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