Quick question on my ram

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newjacksm

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I got Corsair DDR 4gig 2x2GB XMS Ram I put it on the motherboard its reading 4096Memory but in the operating system it read 3.25GB I am running windows XP home.

I thought Windows XP Home 32bit Max Memory capability was 4GB?
 
If you install 4gb. or more on XP 32bit. It will eat up some memory for hardware addresses. 3.25gb. available sounds about right.
 
Ok I figured it wasn't a huge problem. Will I see a big difference in a Gig of ram if I install another OS that supports the other gig?
 
Not unless your running programs that are using up all of the 3.25 you have now and using alot of page file.
 
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