4GB on Vista Ultimate 32bit = problems?

[Acanthus]

Ever since installing 4GB on my Vista 32bit system (i know about the addressing limit) many programs have stopped working properly.

Namely AIM, Joost, Eve Online, and Windows Update.

I have tried the "increaseuserva" command (at 3200MB) and it has not fixed any of the issues.

It appears to be related to a network driver acting up with 4GB installed, however my mapped network drivers, and everything that uses port 80 appear to be working just fine.

Any advice on how to get everything running smoothly? Or am i looking at a Vista Ultimate 64bit upgrade?

 

[JustaGeek]

A Copy of my post in another thread:

Read this:

http://forums.anandtech.com/me...AR_FORUMVIEWTMP=Linear

http://forums.anandtech.com/me...AR_FORUMVIEWTMP=Linear

In short: it makes no sense to install 4GB of RAM on a 32-bit system.

 

[Acanthus]

To be clear about the programs that arent working:

They are not crashing to desktop, all of the fail to connect or crash with network related errors. AIM in particular just cant connect at all, it times out.

 

[Acanthus]

Originally posted by: JustaGeek
A Copy of my post in another thread:

Read this:

http://forums.anandtech.com/me...AR_FORUMVIEWTMP=Linear

http://forums.anandtech.com/me...AR_FORUMVIEWTMP=Linear

In short: it makes no sense to install 4GB of RAM on a 32-bit system.

Dead links.

And it was $165 for 4GB of ram that will do DDR2-1000... hence the 4GB

 

[JustaGeek]

Originally posted by: Acanthus

Originally posted by: JustaGeek
A Copy of my post in another thread:

Read this:

In short: it makes no sense to install 4GB of RAM on a 32-bit system.

Dead links.

And it was $165 for 4GB of ram that will do DDR2-1000... hence the 4GB

UPDATE: Original links fixed!

Links fixed.... please read the discussions, I've learned a lot.

Great deal, BTW.

Try to disable these switches. I used the /3GB in boot.ini, and it caused some weird crashes of Far Cry.

 

[Acanthus]

Originally posted by: JustaGeek

Originally posted by: Acanthus

Originally posted by: JustaGeek
A Copy of my post in another thread:

Read this:

In short: it makes no sense to install 4GB of RAM on a 32-bit system.

Dead links.

And it was $165 for 4GB of ram that will do DDR2-1000... hence the 4GB

UPDATE: Original links fixed!

Links fixed.... please read the discussions, I've learned a lot.

Great deal, BTW.

Try to disable these switches. I used the /3GB in boot.ini, and it caused some weird crashes of Far Cry.

Im just jumping ship to 64bit, easier

 

[JustaGeek]

Well, good luck with all the drivers!

And I am not trying to be sarchastic, I don't know your applications.

I just value my games like Far Cry and Quake 4, and would not just drop them for a 64-bit OS.

Good luck!

 

[Acanthus]

Originally posted by: JustaGeek
Well, good luck with all the drivers!

And I am not trying to be sarchastic, I don't know your applications.

I just value my games like Far Cry and Quake 4, and would not just drop them for a 64-bit OS.

Good luck!

I dont run a creative product

Nvidias drivers for vista and vista64 have vastly improved over the last 60 days.

 

[videopho]

Far Cry the game has a 64 bit version, I figure you may try it...
http://www.amd.com/us-en/Proce...2252_875_10543,00.html