I sort of got information on this subject as it was discussed on the side in other posts here, but I have a specific question that I need answered. Okay, so I know XP only recognizes a total of 4GB of RAM. I also know that if you have an onboard video card that card's RAM subtracts from the total RAM XP recognizes; i.e. my 512MB card subtracts half a gig from my total list.
Here's my question: if I have 4GB of physical RAM installed (4x1GB sticks), and a 512MB RAM video card, should XP be reading 3GB of non-video RAM, or 3.5GB of non-video RAM? Right now my system thinks I only have 3GB of RAM, even though my BIOS correctly identifies all four sticks. So I'm wondering if XP just ignores the entire fourth slot of RAM (thus costing me 1GB), or if it should be recognizing 512MB from that last GB stick, and maybe there's something wrong with one of the RAM sticks I have.
Here's my question: if I have 4GB of physical RAM installed (4x1GB sticks), and a 512MB RAM video card, should XP be reading 3GB of non-video RAM, or 3.5GB of non-video RAM? Right now my system thinks I only have 3GB of RAM, even though my BIOS correctly identifies all four sticks. So I'm wondering if XP just ignores the entire fourth slot of RAM (thus costing me 1GB), or if it should be recognizing 512MB from that last GB stick, and maybe there's something wrong with one of the RAM sticks I have.