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My 2008 Enteprise server won't show more than 3.3GB RAM in task manager
Hi,
I have recently installed a w2k8 enterprise server at a client's site. On this page it says http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa366778.aspx that the 32-bit edition will support up to 32GB of RAM, I did some more digging and found alot on PAE(Physical Address Extension) but the following article indicates that it is already enabled http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa468629.aspx
My problem being that when I look in the task manager it only shows 3325MB of Physical memory though the sys properties indicates it has 8GB like it should, I spoke to 'microsoft' and all I got was .................. shrug.
Any help would be appreciated.
I have recently installed a w2k8 enterprise server at a client's site. On this page it says http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa366778.aspx that the 32-bit edition will support up to 32GB of RAM, I did some more digging and found alot on PAE(Physical Address Extension) but the following article indicates that it is already enabled http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa468629.aspx
My problem being that when I look in the task manager it only shows 3325MB of Physical memory though the sys properties indicates it has 8GB like it should, I spoke to 'microsoft' and all I got was .................. shrug.
Any help would be appreciated.
Windows Server 2008
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The motherboard physically handles that much ram it's a HP ML380 G5
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Check the second link in my first post it indicates that PAE should already be enabled.
I didn't use HP start smart as I ordered without OS and purchased Volume Licensing Instead.
Did I not do this right?
I didn't use HP start smart as I ordered without OS and purchased Volume Licensing Instead.
Did I not do this right?
The HP Smart Start helps configure the server. We use Volume Licensing as well and I always build our HP servers using the Smart Start disc.
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There is no way of running now I assume...
The CD does have utilities you can run while in the WIndows OS. You may be able to tell the server to turn it on. I don't know if that will freak out Windows though.
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Do you know how to turn it on without the cd?
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It was PAE, it wasn't enabled I used EasyBCD to rectify this. Thanks for your feedback
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa366778.aspx
What are the limitations of your motherboard?