Desktop Memory/Graphics Issue

Laquer Head

Laquer Head

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So I'm sure this is a noob-ish question but I'll ask anyhow,,

Have an older PC with the following specs. (5 years old or so)

AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+
4GB RAM
500GB HDD 7200rpm
250GB HDD 4200rpm
ATI Radeon 4350 1GB gpu
Windows 7- 64-bit Professional

The RAM is showing 4GB (3.25GB usable)...why is this?

Don't usually get this on 64-bit o/s...

Any other specs needed, just ask..
 
Bodaggit23 said:
Wouldn't that prevent you from installing the 64bit OS, already installed in this case?
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Not at all because the CPU supports 64bit, but the motherboard/chipset may only have a 32bit address bus. I believe this was an issue with older boards, I may be wrong, it has been known.
 
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Hmm, that makes sense..never heard of that before but thi machine is a retail Gateway branded PC.

I'm not with the tower right now so I can't check the model number of the board but I'm guessing that makes sense since it is around 5 years old.

This isn't my PC by the way..I dont believe in retail PC's,,,LOL,, just trying to help a family member! :P

I suppose if it is a limitation of the chipset..etc there is no update or driver to make it 64-compatible? wishful thinking!?
 
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No, I believe that if the motherboard is limited to 32bit, its in the hardware, sorry. Why would you need 4GB RAM on such an old PC to begin with?
 
Elimin8or said:
No, I believe that if the motherboard is limited to 32bit, its in the hardware, sorry. Why would you need 4GB RAM on such an old PC to begin with?
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I dunno, I guess they wanted to max out the ram slots...its DDR-3200 so it was dirt cheap when they did it..

who knows what drives people to do different upgrades!
 
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