Ram on my Vista pc

>I have installed 4gb of RAM into my computer and vista doesnt recognize all
> of it. I know 32-bit vista only senses about 3.3 Gbs max. But my computer
> is
> only sensing 2.8 GBs.

> Then i checked my viedo card and Vista is sharing over
> 1Gb with my video card. Is there any way to fix this problem?

> "Greg Lewis" <GregLewis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:EFD4CFA7-D0D3-4ED0-888C-4D9124B30F36@microsoft.com...

> >I have installed 4gb of RAM into my computer and vista doesnt recognize all
> > of it. I know 32-bit vista only senses about 3.3 Gbs max. But my computer
> > is
> > only sensing 2.8 GBs.

>
> How much dedicated video memory do you have? 2.8GB addressable isn't that
> far out there for graphics card with a lot of RAM, or multiple graphics
> cards.
>

> > Then i checked my viedo card and Vista is sharing over
> > 1Gb with my video card. Is there any way to fix this problem?

>
> Upgrade to 64-bit.
>
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>I have installed 4gb of RAM into my computer and vista doesnt recognize all
> of it. I know 32-bit vista only senses about 3.3 Gbs max. But my computer
> is
> only sensing 2.8 GBs. Then i checked my viedo card and Vista is sharing
> over
> 1Gb with my video card. Is there any way to fix this problem?

> My computers vary from 2.5 to 3.5GB. 2.8GB is common. Nothing to be
> concerned about.
>
> "Greg Lewis" <GregLewis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:EFD4CFA7-D0D3-4ED0-888C-4D9124B30F36@microsoft.com...

>>I have installed 4gb of RAM into my computer and vista doesnt recognize
>>all
>> of it. I know 32-bit vista only senses about 3.3 Gbs max. But my computer
>> is
>> only sensing 2.8 GBs. Then i checked my viedo card and Vista is sharing
>> over
>> 1Gb with my video card. Is there any way to fix this problem?

>

> He could go online and order the $9.95 64 bit OS of his existing system if
> he has the Retail Vista OS. If it is OEM, like you say it does no harm.
>
> albert
>
> "Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:9D937AD6-1DD7-4996-9DE6-5348C881AF6F@microsoft.com...

> > My computers vary from 2.5 to 3.5GB. 2.8GB is common. Nothing to be
> > concerned about.
> >
> > "Greg Lewis" <GregLewis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:EFD4CFA7-D0D3-4ED0-888C-4D9124B30F36@microsoft.com...

> >>I have installed 4gb of RAM into my computer and vista doesnt recognize
> >>all
> >> of it. I know 32-bit vista only senses about 3.3 Gbs max. But my computer
> >> is
> >> only sensing 2.8 GBs. Then i checked my viedo card and Vista is sharing
> >> over
> >> 1Gb with my video card. Is there any way to fix this problem?

> >

>

> what is the website?
>
> "ajv2003" wrote:
>

>> He could go online and order the $9.95 64 bit OS of his existing system
>> if
>> he has the Retail Vista OS. If it is OEM, like you say it does no harm.
>>
>> albert
>>
>> "Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message
>> news:9D937AD6-1DD7-4996-9DE6-5348C881AF6F@microsoft.com...

>> > My computers vary from 2.5 to 3.5GB. 2.8GB is common. Nothing to be
>> > concerned about.
>> >
>> > "Greg Lewis" <GregLewis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > news:EFD4CFA7-D0D3-4ED0-888C-4D9124B30F36@microsoft.com...
>> >>I have installed 4gb of RAM into my computer and vista doesnt recognize
>> >>all
>> >> of it. I know 32-bit vista only senses about 3.3 Gbs max. But my
>> >> computer
>> >> is
>> >> only sensing 2.8 GBs. Then i checked my viedo card and Vista is
>> >> sharing
>> >> over
>> >> 1Gb with my video card. Is there any way to fix this problem?
>> >

>>