Have 6 Gigs of Corsair Dominator Ram DDR3-1600

[yaqoub]

The problem i am having is getting the computer to see the right amount of ram in the system.

Vista is seeing 2.5 gigs out of the 6 currently in the system.

Could this be fixable through the bios somehow?

I am using Windows Vista 32 bit, and from what i understand is that if there is 4 gigs of ram installed on a 32bit OS such as vista, the OS will only recognize 3.2? out of the 4 gigs. I am not sure how Vista will recognize the 6 gigs i have right now.

I just built a new computer today with this ram.

The motherboard i have is this one.

 

[Narynan]

You need to install 64-bit OS to get the use out of all that RAM. Time to install the 64 bit version. Have fun with all that awesome RAM.

 

[Sylvanas]

Time to install a 64bit OS.

 

[F1shF4t]

Originally posted by: yaqoub
The problem i am having is getting the computer to see the right amount of ram in the system.

Vista is seeing 2.5 gigs out of the 6 currently in the system.

Could this be fixable through the bios somehow?

I am using Windows Vista 32 bit, and from what i understand is that if there is 4 gigs of ram installed on a 32bit OS such as vista, the OS will only recognize 3.2? out of the 4 gigs. I am not sure how Vista will recognize the 6 gigs i have right now.

I just built a new computer today with this ram.

The motherboard i have is this one.

Nope, it depends on the hardware you have installed and how much address space it needs. As everyone said time to get a 64bit OS. You can use your vista licence, just need the 64bit instalation disk.

 

[yaqoub]

Thanks for the replies.

Yeah, i will just have to settle with 64bit haha.

 

[taltamir]

64bit is significantly faster, identifying more ram is nice, but it is far from the only reason to upgrade. there is no reason to use a 32bit os today.

 

[alcoholbob]

Are you running SLI or dual-chip card? That will reduce the amount of available memory.