A Windows computer will recognize more ram if you throw it out your window and buy a mac instead (really it's a good choice) many computers will actually recognize the new ram instantly and if it hasn't you can try reinstalling it. If that doesn't work you can hunt through settings to look for something to do with RAM and it might have a setting you can change.
If it's x32 it will recognize about 3.7Gbs (maximum), if you have x64 it will recognize 4Gbs and more.
OCZ makes the fastest RAM, but you should always check to ensure that your computer will support it.
extra ram slots.
There is nothing you need to do. All modern computers automatically determine how much RAM is installed.
XP will only recognize up to 3 GB of RAM. However how much RAM your computer can hold is dependent on the model not the OS.
Based on experience, I think it will do one of the following two things: - Not boot up while the out of specification RAM was installed. - Boot up, but only recognize the maximum ram the mother board specifies
RAM speed is how fast your computer goes. The more RAM, the faster your computer.
RAM ( random access memory)
The amount of RAM depends on the computer.
The computer totals up the amount of memory installed, so it has a total of 4gb spread over 2 memory sticks, which makes each RAM card 2gb.
If you've installed more than 4 gigabytes of memory, you're going to have to upgrade to the 64-bit version of Windows XP to recognize it all. A 32-bit operating system is only able to recognize about 3.4 gigabytes of RAM. The computer, of course, will recognize that memory; and there are products on the market that will let you use the extra memory as a RAM drive. I'm still using the 32-bit version of XP, until I can afford Windows 7, and I have my swap file on the 4.5 GB RAM drive. I notice a substantial increase in speed with programs that do a lot of swapping to the hard drive.
You are running two programs at once that require 10 megabytes each on a computer that only has 16 megabytes of RAM. What makes this possible?