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Cannot see all 12GB of my RAM

Hi Everyone

I am running a Windows Standard Server 2003 R2 server. I installed 12GB of RAM in the server. Once I install the Operating System I can only see 4GB of the RAM. I tried adding the /PAE to the boot.ini file but I am only still able to see 4GB of the RAM. Maybe I have it in the wrong spot not sure. Can anyone tell me how to get the server to see the rest of the RAM. I am pasting the boot.ini below:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Windows Server 2003, Standard" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptOut /PAE

Thank You In Advance
Carol

chuckyh

The windows operating system will only show 4 gigs of ram. PAE allows you to have applications that can address RAM beyond 4 gigs, but Windows itself will only see 4 gigs. I would recommend running server 2003 64bit or Enterprise edition if you need windows to see beyond 4 gigs.

Shanmuga Sundaram D

Remove Quick test in cmos and check whether you are able to see the entire Ram memory. Also please check whether you have alloted any Ram memory for display.

PUNKY

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/815372

johnb6767

Just to affirm chuckyh's comment....

Memory Limits for Windows Releases
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa366778.aspx

Version Limit in 32-bit Windows Limit in 64-bit Windows

Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition R2 4GB 32GB
Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition SP1 4GB 32GB
Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition SP2 64GB 2TB

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johnb6767

Would have figured this to be a split more than anything.....