8GB (4x2GB) no problem with 64bit Vista install?

[tongqi2]

I read that certain individuals were having problems installing 64bit Vista with 4GB of RAM and had to install it with 2GB first, patch it to SP1 before putting in the other stick. My question is, having the SP1 slipstreamed with the install disc should alleviate this problem right?

Another question is that I heard some motherboards would have issues if all 4 of its memory slots are occupied and I was wondering if the Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS4 had any problems with 8GB?

 

[Twsmit]

There shouldn't be any problems running 4GB of ram on vanilla vista. The only issue is the second point you brought up. Some chipsets, especially when overclocked do not behave well with all four slots filled, most can do 8GB at stock or near stock speeds, but when adding the additional stress from OCing there can be complications.

 

[JWade]

i installed vista ultimate 64bit on my computer (4x2gb) without any issues, I just had to download drivers for my video card

 

[tongqi2]

Are you overclocked by any chance? Because I plan on doing some overclocking, I really hope this setup will work.

 

[TC91]

slipstreaming sp1 will prevent the 4gb issue. it happened to me when i first installed vista, i had to pull out 2 sticks and install vista with 2gb. theres a patch that will fix the 4gb issue on vista rtm (KB929777) it worked good for me(sp1 wasnt around at that time).

 

[ViRGE]

You won't have any installation problems on that setup, even if it wasn't SP1. None of Intel's chipsets had installation issues, it was limited to NVIDIA chipsets.

As for overclocking, it all depends on how heavily you're overclocking. If you're going for an easy overclock where the RAM doesn't even run off-spec, you won't have any issues at all.