Win XP RAM limit

[Chang10is]

I'm thinking about taking advantage of a RAM sale and upgrading my Win XP system to 4 GB of RAM. I know that Win XP won't be able to recognize all 4 GB, but I'll need it when I switch to Win 7. It'll also help with my current system performance since I only have 1 GB right now and do a lot of multitasking. Will my system still run stably with 4 GB on Win XP, or will this cause problems? As long as my system will run fine, I don't mind if the OS only recognizes ~3.2 GB RAM.

 

[yh125d]

It will work fine

 

[Eeqmcsq]

As long as the RAM sticks themselves are stable, there should be no stability problems with XP and 4 GB of RAM installed.

 

[Byte]

You lose the 800ish MB, but you can reclaim it with ramdisk9

 

[Gillbot]

it'll run fine, I currently have 2x2GB in mine.

 

[ghost recon88]

Your motherboard will blow up

 

[okstatefan69]

Originally posted by: ghost recon88
Your motherboard will blow up

Do it, it won't slow ya down a bit