[newbie]

I have a newish PC,and 4 ram slots, tonight i filled all 4 with 2 sets of coursair 1 gig ram(already had 1 set of paired 1 gig ram), so the computer should say it has (close) to 4 gigs of ram. max it gets to is 2.87!

firstly I assumed the newer 2 stick of ram ,1 had a problem,
so I methodically placed 1 ram at at time into my PC, it took 1/2 a hour to find NO rams faulty,no ram slots faulty!every time I put in 4 ram, it always said 2.87gig.

so, im ASSUMING winXPsp2 can only read 3 gigs of ram OR my mother board reads only 3 gigs, OR there is a problem undetected.

cheers

[superstrikertwo]

I think 2 GB's is the maximum.

[krates]

i don't think there is any limit as i have heard about alienware comp they have xp with 4 gb ram with 8gb etc etc

[Swordude_07]

I'm not sure on this one, but you can try google, I'm pretty sure you'll get an answer there.

[mental]

Originally Posted by Swordude_07

I'm not sure on this one, but you can try google, I'm pretty sure you'll get an answer there.

Yeah, Need an answer Google It!

Mainly because I don't know the right answer to this. Though Maybe has something to do with your motherboard

[yonderg]

Windows Xp have nothing to do with hardware ram, yes it can support 4GB RAM!! Problem however seems to lie in you motherboad or RAM module, double check it again. Good luck.

[MasterWeb]

XP does not have maximum requirements but yes they have minimum requirements. So your system should be able to meet those requirements. No matter how surpluss you have it should not be less then that.