4 gigs of ram with xp 32 bit

[allen337]

Stole this from another forum ive been a member of for 10 years pcpitstop.com.


edit.

You need to enable the PAE extension, by using the PAE switch in the boot.ini file.

Go to System properties -> Advanced -> Startup and Recovery -> Settings

-> Edit

this opens the boot.ini for editing..

the last line should look like something like this :

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect /PAE /NoExecute=OptIn

Edit and restart..

Now, when you go to System properties you should see The Physical Adress Extensions enabled.

Your mileage may vary.

You need to have system hardware that supports more then 4 gigs of ram.

Disclaimer

I simply provided the information, If you choose to use it, you do so at your own risk. I am not responsible for your hunk of smoldering steel, and aluminum, or pretty blue wallpapers that may arise.

In other words, if it goes POOF, it's your fault

love that disclaimer:laugh:

[Laurijan]

I am going to try this soon but first have to decide which 4Gb of ram to buy

[INSTG8R]

PAE will kick in automatically on XP Pro. I personally use the /3GB switch myself

[btarunr]

Have you tried this yourself and saw it work? I don't think any 32-bit OS takes 4096 M of RAM. There, you'll see the memory controller going bonkers, the BIOS mis-allocating conventional memory and a scripted screw-up with data corruption.

[INSTG8R]

Have you tried this yourself and saw it work? I don't think any 32-bit OS takes 4096 M of RAM. There, you'll see the memory controller going bonkers, the BIOS mis-allocating conventional memory and a scripted screw-up with data corruption.

Your right it cant actually use 4GB it ends up at 3.25GB. PAE sorts out the allocation I believe.
I mean I only chucked another 2Gig in mine because I saw that Crysis was eating up alot of memory and thought, "well why not you have the RAM lying here"