Windows 7 and 4 Gig of Ram

harpua · 04 Nov 2009

Yes, you have to check and make sure your system can support it before going for it.

gullielli · 04 Nov 2009

I had 4gb when i installed win7 32bit and i had no problems :) I have 64bit now tho! :P

Sam42 · 05 Nov 2009

bigmck said:

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

Its your CPU that determines whether you can do 64bit or not. (Obviously your motherboard has to support your processor too). What processor are you using? Googling it will tell you if it can handle it or not. Does the Upgrade Advisor say anything about it?

kanehi · 05 Nov 2009

32bit OS does use up to 4gb RAM.

Tews · 05 Nov 2009

Yes, but MS has restricted the addressable amount to less than 4gb...

DeaconFrost · 05 Nov 2009

bigmck said:

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

Only the CPU, because the motherboard has to support the CPU. So, if the CPU will work on the motherboard, then the motherboard will support the x64 OS. The only issue is if the board supports 4 GB of emory, and it would be hard to find a recent board that does not.

kanehi said:

32bit OS does use up to 4gb RAM.

It will tell you that you have 4 GB of memory installed....but it can't use or address all of it.