Windows 7 and 4 Gig of Ram

bigmck · 03 Nov 2009

I am going to be installing W7 Home 32-bit. I have 4 gig of ram. Would I be wise to take out 2 gig? I have heard about the problems with more than 2 gig.

kegobeer · 03 Nov 2009

I wouldn't take out the RAM. See if it installs first. I do recommend removing unnecessary hardware (USB devices, extra drives, etc) before installing an OS.

Brink · 03 Nov 2009

Hello Bigmck,

This was an issue with older motherboards that needed a BIOS update, and mostly with 64-bit OS's. You should not have a problem with installing now. If you do, then you can always removed the extra stick and reinstall.

chev65 · 03 Nov 2009

You can leave the Ram in either way but going to 64 bit will allow you to use all 4GB.

Dwarf · 03 Nov 2009

I have 4GB installed in my system (see my specs). I have had no problem installing any of my OSes. :)

coolwalker · 04 Nov 2009

4GB works perfectly well on my pc

Sam42 · 04 Nov 2009

I installed Win7(x64) with 8gig of RAM installed. No problems at all!

Sam

harpua · 04 Nov 2009

Installed 7 x64 with 4 GB of ram installed many times with zero problems. I second the recommendation to go with x64 so you can use all your ram.

bigmck · 04 Nov 2009

harpua said:

Installed 7 x64 with 4 GB of ram installed many times with zero problems. I second the recommendation to go with x64 so you can use all your ram.

Doesn't the Motherboard have to support 64-bit before you can use it? As far as I can tell mine is 32-bit?

DocBrown · 04 Nov 2009

Have you run the Microsoft compatability test for you MB ?

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/com...s/default.aspx