Ram missing?

globalempire

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I up graded my computer with 2 more sticks of ram with a total being 4gb...the system properties say i have 3.25gb of ram....and in the Task manger says i have a total of 3.4gb of ram....I looked up the system infomation and it says 4.096gb of total physical memory, it also says the same in the bios....so why do they show diff?..where is the missing memory?..does this mean i have a bad stick?...any info would be great..

running XP pro
 

robisbell

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XP Pro is a 32 bit OS, and as such is limited. you can make full use of the 4GB by getting XP Pro 64bit.
 

Billb2

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XP 64bit or Vista 64bit
But I'd suggest benchmarking with 2 x 1gig vs 4 x 1gig..you'll be surprised