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Old May 31, 2008 | 9:17 am
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Originally Posted by cme2c
Be wary, I think regular 32-bit versions of vista will only recognize 3GB of memory. Incidentally, it's a piece of cake depending on the computer. My dv1000 was just a little screw and snap in and out.
Yup. To go past 4gb requires either Vista 64 or XP 64. Furthermore, some other things intrude into that 4gb space. I've seen numbers from 2.8gb to 3.5gb actually available on various machines.
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