Why do I have to remove memory to install Windows 7

Good morning and a happy new year to you all.

I`m not sure if this is the correct section to ask this but here goes.

Whenever i re-install windows 7 on my PC i always have to remove 2GB of memory of the 4GB to complete the install. I have an asus P5KC mobo 4GB OCZ.

If anyone could help i would be most grateful

bigmck said:

nuff3rs said:

Good morning and a happy new year to you all.

I`m not sure if this is the correct section to ask this but here goes.

Whenever i re-install windows 7 on my PC i always have to remove 2GB of memory of the 4GB to complete the install. I have an asus P5KC mobo 4GB OCZ.

If anyone could help i would be most grateful

That is not something that is just on your PC. That is just one of those things that makes Windows 7 install better. I can't tell you why.

Oh rite! Very strange. It`s just a pain in the backside cos my PC`s at the bottom of the rack with other stuff stack on top, It`s now that time to re-install again and i`m not looking forward to disconecting everything to get into the PC case

Anyway, Thanks alot for your help

i've never had to take any of mine out.

what happens if you leave it in?

crash, bsod?

mitchell65 said:

Hi Nathan
Nothing to do with this thread but just noticed your Timezone shows you to be in the US and I think you are in fact in the UK, are you not?

HAHAHA Thanks for pointing this out to me, Some how i missed that setting, Should all be fine now

mickey megabyte said:

i've never had to take any of mine out.

what happens if you leave it in?

crash, bsod?

I get an error notice pop up and Its says something along the lines of, Setup was unable to complete the installation please try again.

bigmck said:

mickey megabyte said:

i've never had to take any of mine out.

what happens if you leave it in?

crash, bsod?

?

That was also a known issue with Vista and certain (almost always Intel based) chipsets and 4 GB or ram. Some of the posts here,

How to install Vista 64 Ultimate with 4Gb RAM? - AnandTech Forums

can explain it better than I can. Looks like it is still happening with 7 and probably the same chipsets that had the problem with Vista.