Hi all. I've built a couple of computers myself and am eagerly awaiting Windows 7 for a lot of reasons. The biggest, is that I've got a 64 bit processor but I'm running Windows XP Home 32-bit. But the other reason I want it, is the support for more than 4GB of RAM.
Long story short, my previous build was fried by a freak electrical storm. Word to the wise: don't ever trust your "surge protector." Mine protected nothing and it's actually a nice model, not a $5 Wal-Mart power strip. My laptop was plugged directly into the same outlet and it was fine.
At any rate, while diagnosing the problem back then I bought 2 new 1GB sticks of RAM (which I am currently using now with my new rebuild). But I believe there is nothing wrong with the old RAM. I know that XP won't handle more than 4GB of video memory and I've got a 512MB Graphics Card.
But what will happen if I plug in the 2 remaining sticks? Will I get 3.5GB of RAM? or will Windows ignore an entire stick?
Long story short, my previous build was fried by a freak electrical storm. Word to the wise: don't ever trust your "surge protector." Mine protected nothing and it's actually a nice model, not a $5 Wal-Mart power strip. My laptop was plugged directly into the same outlet and it was fine.
At any rate, while diagnosing the problem back then I bought 2 new 1GB sticks of RAM (which I am currently using now with my new rebuild). But I believe there is nothing wrong with the old RAM. I know that XP won't handle more than 4GB of video memory and I've got a 512MB Graphics Card.
But what will happen if I plug in the 2 remaining sticks? Will I get 3.5GB of RAM? or will Windows ignore an entire stick?