Actually, Mr. Scary is absolutely correct. The platform may support 8Mb, but the ability to access memory depends upon the operating system. Windows 32 bit will only address around 3.2 Gb of memory directly (although drivers and other system software can access the rest). If you want to address most of your 8Gb, you need to run the 64-bit version of Windows. I believe it is supported on that platform. As well, you must have all of the drivers to match whatever operating system you have. With that said, the jury is still out on exactly what gains (if any) you would see from the "upgrade" to a 64-bit OS.
jasemccarty
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Mr. Scary
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March 6th, 2008 05:00
Ordered mine today and, I think, you can only go 4gb unless your OS supports more....?.....
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chinhman
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March 6th, 2008 05:00
Thanks. Any link to this info?
keithg2
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March 6th, 2008 10:00
Maximum is 8GB.
Look here <ADMIN NOTE: Broken link has been removed from this post by Dell> in the Specifications section.
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March 6th, 2008 14:00
keith, you are right. 8gb. I stand corrected:)
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chinhman
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March 6th, 2008 15:00
Thanks again Keith. I was looking at the Service manual and did not look at User manual for some reason.
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March 6th, 2008 17:00
Actually, Mr. Scary is absolutely correct. The platform may support 8Mb, but the ability to access memory depends upon the operating system. Windows 32 bit will only address around 3.2 Gb of memory directly (although drivers and other system software can access the rest). If you want to address most of your 8Gb, you need to run the 64-bit version of Windows. I believe it is supported on that platform. As well, you must have all of the drivers to match whatever operating system you have. With that said, the jury is still out on exactly what gains (if any) you would see from the "upgrade" to a 64-bit OS.