Ultima and 4 GB RAM - miss 1 GB

> Hello,
>
> I have a Gigabyte mainboard with 4 * 1 GB RAM modules. When I start the PC
> I
> get the message 4 GB - memory okay.
>
> When I start Vista Ultima, Vista showes only 3071 MB. I miss 1 GB. Where
> is
> it? The graficcard is A NVidia 7600 with 256 MB.
>
> Any idea?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Matthias
>

> Hi Matthias,
>
> Normal for an x86 system, it's a limitation of 32-bit addressing. Some of
> the addresses are reserved by the system for internal processes, the
> installed ram gets the remainder.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "Matthias Muecke" <MatthiasMuecke@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message news:E5BAED4C-5006-4784-B3DC-6747836493C9@microsoft.com...

> > Hello,
> >
> > I have a Gigabyte mainboard with 4 * 1 GB RAM modules. When I start the PC
> > I
> > get the message 4 GB - memory okay.
> >
> > When I start Vista Ultima, Vista showes only 3071 MB. I miss 1 GB. Where
> > is
> > it? The graficcard is A NVidia 7600 with 256 MB.
> >
> > Any idea?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Matthias
> >

>
>