DDR 2 Ram help..

[bigron]

I just installed two sticks of 2 gb ddr 2 667 mhz ram on my motherboard.Brand Dynet. However my system shows that i have 3.25 gb of ram installed.My motherboard is Gigabyte s series. model name GA-M61VME-S2 .Any help will be appreciated.thanks

 

[Amir.php]

In order to use more RAM than 3.25, you need to upgrade to 64 bit xp. The 32 bit version can recognize maximum 3.25 gb only.

 

[bigron]

Ok.thank you.But is it that the system shows 3.25 gb but actually uses 4gb or the actual usage is limited to 3.25 gb.

 

[Amir.php]

operating system is like a manager to manage resources of the system.
if it is unable to detect Ram more than 3.25 GB then we can not expect to use of more than its limit.