Memory not reporting correctly

DocBrown · 26 Mar 2011

Do you have the win7 retail install DVDS ? Or was this a Mfg OEM win7 ?

If retail you could clean install the the 64 bit with your key code

whs · 26 Mar 2011

Given that you have 6GB of RAM, a 1GB Radeon that takes that much address space from your 4GB (in 32bit that is all you have in address space) plus the other nits and lice that take anothe 500MBs, there is no way around installing a 64bit system - unless you want to waste all the RAM.

lucasbuck · 27 Mar 2011

I've got it and can reinstall. The main reason I avoided 64 was because I do a lot of gaming and heard there were issues. Any comment on that?

yowanvista · 27 Mar 2011

I've got it and can reinstall. The main reason I avoided 64 was because I do a lot of gaming and heard there were issues. Any comment on that?

NO, you won't get any issue unless you install old 16-bit DOS-era games
You best solution is to use the 64-bit version of windows 7

Enable 'Memory Remap' if it is listed in your BIOS :)

Maguscreed · 27 Mar 2011

lucasbuck said:

I've got it and can reinstall. The main reason I avoided 64 was because I do a lot of gaming and heard there were issues. Any comment on that?

yeah that was true with xp 64 bit like early on, whoever told you that was operating on really outdated information though.
Pretty much all the 64bit compat issues were solved back with vista.

lucasbuck · 28 Mar 2011

Actually, looks like mine only do 32

yowanvista · 28 Mar 2011

lucasbuck said:

Actually, looks like mine only do 32

Nope, it fully supports 64-bit

stormy13 · 28 Mar 2011

Think you will find he is referring to his Windows disk, which if it is OEM/system builders then you only get one disk; 32 bit or 64 bit, not both like in the retail or upgrade package.

lucasbuck · 01 Apr 2011

Correct, that's what I had. I just bought a a retail and will install 64 so we will see if that helps. But thanks to everyone for the input!