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Originally Posted by Japo
Yes but not quite, it's 2 GB usually and 4 GB if specifically programmed. But that's 32-bit applications, x64 applications get 8,192 GB:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa366778.aspx
Of course that much memory is useful only to share among several applications. You can always set up a virtual disk though.  At any rate I don't have to worry about the performance bottleneck, no matter how many applications I'm running at the same time. And yes I can run VMs like there's no tomorrow. :P But really I'm just a nerd, and RAM is really cheap, I just wanted to max the computer out before the price of DDR3 started to go up with time after it's superseded and become rarer.
Well it's maxed out now. :P I realize I have 8 GB and just now retail "pro" computers are beginning to pack 6 GB.  The whole point about this computer, that's almost four years old, was that I wouldn't go bankrupt buying it, but also because I don't plan to replace it for a looong time yet. |
Well a bit late, but maybe the ram is not compatible with your motherboard. Though if it's DELL, might be hard to find out what kind of board you have. Other idea is that the sticks you bought are paired up. Meaning that the first two have to be in 1-2, the second in 3-4, depending on how the RAM slots are Ganged. Third idea is going into BIOS, and adjusting the RAM timer manually.