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2008-08-14, 22:25
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Can I run 4gigs of memory on Windows XP pro?
Or does it depend on the motherboard? I heard that using regular Windows XP Pro (not the x64 edition) limits you to 3gigs. And when I look on newegg, I cannot find the x64 edition anywhere, so will I have to use vista?
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2008-08-14, 22:45
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Re: Can I run 4gigs of memory on Windows XP pro?
32 bit os's can use up to 4 gigs.
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# 3
2008-08-14, 23:04
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Re: Can I run 4gigs of memory on Windows XP pro?
Microsoft has made the (in my opinion foolish) decision to stop selling retail copies of XP. If you want to buy windows, your only options are Vista-based. If you want XP, it's trivial to find a copy on bittorrent.
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2008-08-14, 23:06
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Re: Can I run 4gigs of memory on Windows XP pro?
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Originally Posted by anthra22
32 bit os's can use up to 4 gigs.
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Common error. It is not a limitation of 32 bit operating systems.
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2008-08-14, 23:15
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Re: Can I run 4gigs of memory on Windows XP pro?
There is a technical limitation on RAM to only 4GB of memory on the x86 architecture. I don't remember the exact details of why, but it was made a long time ago when a common amount of ram to have was about 4KB. The new limitation on x64 is about 128TB or something crazy like that.
So yes, you need a 64 bit OS, and I recommend just downloading XP 64 through torrents. Microsoft doesn't really give a shit.
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# 6
2008-08-15, 00:41
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Re: Can I run 4gigs of memory on Windows XP pro?
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Here's a list of how much RAM the various Windows versions and editions support (as of Nov 2004):
Windows NT 4.0: 4 GB
Windows 2000 Professional: 4 GB
Windows 2000 Standard Server: 4 GB
Windows 2000 Advanced Server: 8GB
Windows 2000 Datacenter Server: 32GB
Windows XP Professional: 4 GB
Windows Server 2003 Web Edition: 2 GB
Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition: 4 GB
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition: 32 GB
Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition: 64 GB
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555223
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Has there been a registry hack since then.
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2008-08-15, 01:06
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Preston - UK
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Re: Can I run 4gigs of memory on Windows XP pro?
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Originally Posted by SLice_760
So yes, you need a 64 bit OS
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Wrong, again.
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2008-08-15, 03:07
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Re: Can I run 4gigs of memory on Windows XP pro?
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Originally Posted by impreza
Wrong, again.
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O RLY?
http://www.dansdata.com/askdan00015.htm
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# 9
2008-08-15, 05:11
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Re: Can I run 4gigs of memory on Windows XP pro?
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Originally Posted by Haircut Shoes
when I look on newegg, I cannot find the x64 edition anywhere
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LOL @ buying an OS
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# 10
2008-08-15, 05:47
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Re: Can I run 4gigs of memory on Windows XP pro?
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Originally Posted by impreza
Common error. It is not a limitation of 32 bit operating systems.
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Yes, actually it is, you dumb asshole. The contents of a single integer register can store the address of any datum in the computer's virtual memory. The total number of addresses in the virtual memory – the total amount of data the computer can keep in its working area – is determined by the width of these registers. A 32-bit register means that 2^32 addresses, or a maximum of 4 GB of RAM, can be referenced. 64-bit architecture effectively increases the memory ceiling to 2^64 addresses, equivalent to approximately 17.2 billion gigabytes of RAM.
Quod erat demonstrandum, bitch.
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