32 bit Windows XP has two well-known memory limits. Each process is limited to 2GB of memory. . The maximum memory that Windows XP will use in total is 3.25GB. (as per microsoft).
Do provide us your system tag#, email address and name via private message,by clicking on my name in blue and then select send a private message, as per that we can let you what processor upgrade options available.
DELL-Hemalatha
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July 20th, 2016 17:00
Hi Team-zr1
Thanks for writing to us.
32 bit Windows XP has two well-known memory limits. Each process is limited to 2GB of memory. . The maximum memory that Windows XP will use in total is 3.25GB. (as per microsoft).
Do provide us your system tag#, email address and name via private message,by clicking on my name in blue and then select send a private message, as per that we can let you what processor upgrade options available.
Regards
speedstep
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July 22nd, 2016 12:00
You have to add ram in pairs. You cant mix and match sizes.
32 bit os can only use 3.25 to 3.50 gigs of ram. The onboard video also steals from system ram.
The AMD CPU on this system is always going to be slow.
http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/products/optix/en/optix_740_techspecs.pdf