> BIOS and System|Properties show correct size of installed RAM while System[color=blue]
> Tools|System Information and Task Manager|Performance show the maximum
> usable part of the installed RAM. The maximum usable part could be as low
> as 2GB. Therefor,if 4GB is installed and Task Manager|Performance
> indicates that the Total Physical Memory is 2GB, then half of the
> installed RAM is waisted.[/color]
Correct. Your BIOS should tell you how much is detected, your OS how much is
available. (In simple terms)
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>> 1. PAE doesn't help on Windows client operating systems, just on
>> servers.[/color][/color]
Fair enough. I just did a quick google to check Windows compatibility with
PAE. I use Unix.
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>> 2. The maximum accessible amount is not precisely 3.2GB[/color][/color]
Forgive my absence of a tilde (~)...