What's my problem?

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Farhad

Hello
I have a computer with these configuration :
M/B Tyan thunder k8w (s2885)
Ram 4*2G Kingstone 184 pin ECC Reg -266
Hard 200 G SATA
VGA AGP TAchyon 9600 pro
In BIOS system detect 8 GB ram , but In XP I saw
just 2.5 GB of ram .
What's my problem ?
Thanks for your helping - Farhad
 
You have too much RAM installed. Windows XP can support up to
4GB of RAM. You have 8GB RAM installed. Why so much RAM?

Read the following article:

Windows XP Professional Memory Support
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/hwdev/platform/server/pae/PAEmem.mspx

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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| Hello
| I have a computer with these configuration :
| M/B Tyan thunder k8w (s2885)
| Ram 4*2G Kingstone 184 pin ECC Reg -266
| Hard 200 G SATA
| VGA AGP TAchyon 9600 pro
| In BIOS system detect 8 GB ram , but In XP I saw
| just 2.5 GB of ram .
| What's my problem ?
| Thanks for your helping - Farhad
 
Farhad said:
Hello
I have a computer with these configuration :
M/B Tyan thunder k8w (s2885)
Ram 4*2G Kingstone 184 pin ECC Reg -266
Hard 200 G SATA
VGA AGP TAchyon 9600 pro
In BIOS system detect 8 GB ram , but In XP I saw
just 2.5 GB of ram .
What's my problem ?
Thanks for your helping - Farhad
What on earth are you doing that requires 8 GB of RAM???

You need to get the more advanced server version (Windows Server 2003,
Enterprise Edition) to support over 4GB.
 
8 gigs of ram? Holy Moley! In 2 gig sticks? I have never even heard of
sticks that size, much less heard of anyone using them. What are you doing,
if I may ask, that requires 8 gigs of ram? I have a friend that is a
digital special effects technician and the system he uses to do that only
has 2 gigs. Wow!
 
Kevin said:
8 gigs of ram? Holy Moley! In 2 gig sticks? I have never even heard of
sticks that size, much less heard of anyone using them. What are you doing,
if I may ask, that requires 8 gigs of ram? I have a friend that is a
digital special effects technician and the system he uses to do that only
has 2 gigs. Wow!

I think he said "Ram 4*2G Kingstone 184 pin ECC Reg -266", so it would be 4
sticks.

Well, if ya can't use it all, share the wealth, send your extra couple of sticks
to us. We'll pay for the shipping :)
 
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