Modeler Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 I have an Epox 9NPA nForce Ultra board with an AMD 64 3700+ 939 pin processor. I had 2 sticks of 1Gig value ram and decided that this computer will never be low on memory, so I added 2 more 1 Gig sticks of exactly the same model number etc. I use Windows XP Media Edition. I see 3.37GB of Ram, using System in Control Panel, and Physcial Address Extension under that. What exactly does this mean? Is my system actually only using .37% of the last module (first impression)? (I have Googled PHA and it gets technical in a hurry.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CandyKid Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 PAE is a way to let 32-bit systems run more than 4GB of memory. You shouldn't need to worry about it nor should you try enabling PAE since you've got a 64-bit system which doesn't support PAE anyways. The 3.37 GB issue is a common one, but shouldn't actually keep the system from USING the memory, it's just a display/counting issue. You can use programs like CPU-Z and Everest to look at your memory/subsystem more accurately. I've seen this many times and there shouldn't actually be anything wrong, it's a Windows/system issue, but doesn't keep you from actually using the memory. PLUR CK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modeler Posted April 11, 2006 Author Share Posted April 11, 2006 Hi CK, Thanks for an understandable answer. I didn't panic, but I was curious about what I saw. Thanks for the links also, I will use them to satisfy my curiosity further. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CandyKid Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 That's what we're here for! Let us know if you've got any other questions about memory or computers in general (http://www.houseofhelp.com for general q's). PLUR CK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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