Windows xp how much ram support

I take the route of 'if it isn't broke, don't try to fix it! Bios, boot. It was all sorted by the chaps who built my computer and who are now building me a laptop once the chassis has arrived. If i installed 4 and did that boot. RogBrown 15 3. Bloody hell! Does anybody speak English? Remember that you are still losing address space to devices which gets taken out of the kernel's address space. You would only want to enable the switch if you are working with a very memory hungry application that won't run properly without it.

Adding more RAM is certainly not going to hurt, just don't be surprised when your computer says you have only 3. Another thing that you can do to help is to put the PS scratch disk on a separate hard drive. Quote: If i installed 4 and did that boot. Photoshop doesn't need the switch enabled.

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Never had a problem with Photoshop CS2 just Lightroom. It will run OK with 1 GB ram. There may be good reasons to not install Win XP on your computer.

Yes the truth is that 4GB is the max. RAM addressable in 32Bit OS, however, in order to address that RAM the system needs to grab a chunk of that space and use it for addressing the rest of it, you can see this in any amount of RAM config. In the System Properties window, click the General tab. Otherwise, you are running a bit edition. It would not affect the way the operating system should run.

Although, as you mentioned it would not show the entire RAM installed. Only bit drivers are supported in Windows XP x64 Edition, but bit codecs are supported as long as the media player that uses them is bit. Edit: Some proof. All forum topics Previous Topic Next Topic. Replies Not applicable. I have mb insatlled and it runs flawlessly :. For surfing, office, light games all you need is mb.

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As far as im concerned, the minimum amount of RAM for XP is more than any motherboard now-days can support. Post Reply. Top Contributor. Dell Support Resources. Latest Solutions. Can't find what you're looking for? You can post your question in our community.