andrewoconnell
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Windows 8 64 to Win 7 32 bit
I have some legacy software that I use constantly and so need a 32 bit OS. Unfortunately the only PCs available at the time were all 64 bit, so I purchased a Win 8 64 Bit HP Envy DV7-7338 and a Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit disk.
After an enormous amount of mucking about I now have a fully operational 32 bit Notebook except for 1 problem (I think).
The system has a 2 Gb NVIDIA GEForce 635M card and 16 Gb of physical memory. I know that 32 bit can only use 4 Gb, but my system is reporting only 2.41 Gb physical memory with the GEForce video reporting memory of 0 Bytes.
My guess is that the system isn't accessing any of the 16 Gb physical memory, but I'm not really sure.
I have read about memory re-mapping via the BIOS, but the system won't allow me to modify any Video settings in the BIOS - HP, of course, don't supply a BIOS for 32 bit Win 7 on my machine. So changing BIOS settings appears to be unavailable.
So my question is, is this a limitation forced by what I'm trying to do or can I somehow make my system acknowledge the physical and video memory and get a bit more RAM used by the system.
Thanks in anticipation.
Andrew
OS Name Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium
Version 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Build 7601
Other OS Description Not Available
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name ANDREWHP-PC
System Manufacturer Hewlett-Packard
System Model HP ENVY dv7 Notebook PC
System Type X86-based PC
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3610QM CPU @ 2.30GHz, 2301 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 8 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date Insyde F.27, 22/04/2013
SMBIOS Version 2.7
Windows Directory C:\Windows
System Directory C:\Windows\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United Kingdom
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.1.7601.17514"
User Name AndrewHP-PC\AndrewHP
Time Zone GMT Daylight Time
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 16.0 GB
Total Physical Memory 2.41 GB
Available Physical Memory 246 MB
Total Virtual Memory 4.81 GB
Available Virtual Memory 2.14 GB
Page File Space 2.41 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 635M
PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0DE3&SUBS
Adapter Type GeForce GT 635M, NVIDIA compatible
Adapter Description NVIDIA GeForce GT 635M
Adapter RAM (2,147,483,648) bytes
Installed Drivers nvd3dum.dll,nvwgf2um.dll,n
Driver Version 9.18.13.2049
INF File oem33.inf (Section034 section)
Color Planes Not Available
Color Table Entries Not Available
Resolution Not Available
Bits/Pixel Not Available
Memory Address 0xD2000000-0xD2FFFFFF
Memory Address 0xA0000000-0xAFFFFFFF
Memory Address 0xB0000000-0xB1FFFFFF
I/O Port 0x00004F80-0x00004FFF
IRQ Channel IRQ 16
Driver c:\windows\system32\driver
Name Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000
PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_0166&SUBS
Adapter Type Intel(R) HD Graphics Family, Intel Corporation compatible
Adapter Description Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000
Adapter RAM 1.02 GB (1,091,205,120 bytes)
Installed Drivers igdumd32.dll,igd10umd32.dl
Driver Version 9.17.10.2932
INF File oem4.inf (iIVBM0 section)
Color Planes Not Available
Color Table Entries 4294967296
Resolution 1920 x 1080 x 60 hertz
Bits/Pixel 32
Memory Address 0xD4000000-0xD43FFFFF
Memory Address 0xC0000000-0xCFFFFFFF
I/O Port 0x00005000-0x0000503F
IRQ Channel IRQ 4294967294
I/O Port 0x000003B0-0x000003BB
I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF
Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF
Driver c:\windows\system32\driver
[Conflicts/Sharing]
Resource Device
I/O Port 0x00000000-0x0000001F Direct memory access controller
I/O Port 0x00000000-0x0000001F PCI bus
I/O Port 0x00002000-0x000020FF Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller
I/O Port 0x00002000-0x000020FF Intel(R) 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 6 - 1E1A
I/O Port 0x00000070-0x00000077 System CMOS/real time clock
I/O Port 0x00000070-0x00000077 Motherboard resources
Memory Address 0xD4400000-0xD4403FFF Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller
Memory Address 0xD4400000-0xD4403FFF Intel(R) 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 6 - 1E1A
Memory Address 0xFF000000-0xFFFFFFFF Motherboard resources
Memory Address 0xFF000000-0xFFFFFFFF Intel(R) 82802 Firmware Hub Device
Memory Address 0xD2000000-0xD2FFFFFF NVIDIA GeForce GT 635M
Memory Address 0xD2000000-0xD2FFFFFF Xeon(R) processor E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor PCI Express Root Port - 0151
IRQ 16 Intel(R) 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller - 1E2D
IRQ 16 NVIDIA GeForce GT 635M
IRQ 16 Intel(R) 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2 - 1E12
IRQ 16 Intel(R) Management Engine Interface
IRQ 16 Intel(R) 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 6 - 1E1A
IRQ 16 Xeon(R) processor E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor PCI Express Root Port - 0151
IRQ 19 Intel(R) 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 4 - 1E16
IRQ 19 Intel(R) Mobile Express Chipset SATA RAID Controller
Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF PCI bus
Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000
Memory Address 0xD4500000-0xD4501FFF Intel(R) Centrino(R) Wireless-N 2230
Memory Address 0xD4500000-0xD4501FFF Intel(R) 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 4 - 1E16
Memory Address 0xA0000000-0xAFFFFFFF NVIDIA GeForce GT 635M
Memory Address 0xA0000000-0xAFFFFFFF Xeon(R) processor E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor PCI Express Root Port - 0151
Memory Address 0x9FA00000-0xFEAFFFFF PCI bus
Memory Address 0x9FA00000-0xFEAFFFFF Motherboard resources
I/O Port 0x0000FFFF-0x0000FFFF Motherboard resources
I/O Port 0x0000FFFF-0x0000FFFF Motherboard resources
After an enormous amount of mucking about I now have a fully operational 32 bit Notebook except for 1 problem (I think).
The system has a 2 Gb NVIDIA GEForce 635M card and 16 Gb of physical memory. I know that 32 bit can only use 4 Gb, but my system is reporting only 2.41 Gb physical memory with the GEForce video reporting memory of 0 Bytes.
My guess is that the system isn't accessing any of the 16 Gb physical memory, but I'm not really sure.
I have read about memory re-mapping via the BIOS, but the system won't allow me to modify any Video settings in the BIOS - HP, of course, don't supply a BIOS for 32 bit Win 7 on my machine. So changing BIOS settings appears to be unavailable.
So my question is, is this a limitation forced by what I'm trying to do or can I somehow make my system acknowledge the physical and video memory and get a bit more RAM used by the system.
Thanks in anticipation.
Andrew
OS Name Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium
Version 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Build 7601
Other OS Description Not Available
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name ANDREWHP-PC
System Manufacturer Hewlett-Packard
System Model HP ENVY dv7 Notebook PC
System Type X86-based PC
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3610QM CPU @ 2.30GHz, 2301 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 8 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date Insyde F.27, 22/04/2013
SMBIOS Version 2.7
Windows Directory C:\Windows
System Directory C:\Windows\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United Kingdom
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.1.7601.17514"
User Name AndrewHP-PC\AndrewHP
Time Zone GMT Daylight Time
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 16.0 GB
Total Physical Memory 2.41 GB
Available Physical Memory 246 MB
Total Virtual Memory 4.81 GB
Available Virtual Memory 2.14 GB
Page File Space 2.41 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 635M
PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0DE3&SUBS
Adapter Type GeForce GT 635M, NVIDIA compatible
Adapter Description NVIDIA GeForce GT 635M
Adapter RAM (2,147,483,648) bytes
Installed Drivers nvd3dum.dll,nvwgf2um.dll,n
Driver Version 9.18.13.2049
INF File oem33.inf (Section034 section)
Color Planes Not Available
Color Table Entries Not Available
Resolution Not Available
Bits/Pixel Not Available
Memory Address 0xD2000000-0xD2FFFFFF
Memory Address 0xA0000000-0xAFFFFFFF
Memory Address 0xB0000000-0xB1FFFFFF
I/O Port 0x00004F80-0x00004FFF
IRQ Channel IRQ 16
Driver c:\windows\system32\driver
Name Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000
PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_0166&SUBS
Adapter Type Intel(R) HD Graphics Family, Intel Corporation compatible
Adapter Description Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000
Adapter RAM 1.02 GB (1,091,205,120 bytes)
Installed Drivers igdumd32.dll,igd10umd32.dl
Driver Version 9.17.10.2932
INF File oem4.inf (iIVBM0 section)
Color Planes Not Available
Color Table Entries 4294967296
Resolution 1920 x 1080 x 60 hertz
Bits/Pixel 32
Memory Address 0xD4000000-0xD43FFFFF
Memory Address 0xC0000000-0xCFFFFFFF
I/O Port 0x00005000-0x0000503F
IRQ Channel IRQ 4294967294
I/O Port 0x000003B0-0x000003BB
I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF
Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF
Driver c:\windows\system32\driver
[Conflicts/Sharing]
Resource Device
I/O Port 0x00000000-0x0000001F Direct memory access controller
I/O Port 0x00000000-0x0000001F PCI bus
I/O Port 0x00002000-0x000020FF Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller
I/O Port 0x00002000-0x000020FF Intel(R) 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 6 - 1E1A
I/O Port 0x00000070-0x00000077 System CMOS/real time clock
I/O Port 0x00000070-0x00000077 Motherboard resources
Memory Address 0xD4400000-0xD4403FFF Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller
Memory Address 0xD4400000-0xD4403FFF Intel(R) 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 6 - 1E1A
Memory Address 0xFF000000-0xFFFFFFFF Motherboard resources
Memory Address 0xFF000000-0xFFFFFFFF Intel(R) 82802 Firmware Hub Device
Memory Address 0xD2000000-0xD2FFFFFF NVIDIA GeForce GT 635M
Memory Address 0xD2000000-0xD2FFFFFF Xeon(R) processor E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor PCI Express Root Port - 0151
IRQ 16 Intel(R) 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller - 1E2D
IRQ 16 NVIDIA GeForce GT 635M
IRQ 16 Intel(R) 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2 - 1E12
IRQ 16 Intel(R) Management Engine Interface
IRQ 16 Intel(R) 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 6 - 1E1A
IRQ 16 Xeon(R) processor E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor PCI Express Root Port - 0151
IRQ 19 Intel(R) 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 4 - 1E16
IRQ 19 Intel(R) Mobile Express Chipset SATA RAID Controller
Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF PCI bus
Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000
Memory Address 0xD4500000-0xD4501FFF Intel(R) Centrino(R) Wireless-N 2230
Memory Address 0xD4500000-0xD4501FFF Intel(R) 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 4 - 1E16
Memory Address 0xA0000000-0xAFFFFFFF NVIDIA GeForce GT 635M
Memory Address 0xA0000000-0xAFFFFFFF Xeon(R) processor E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor PCI Express Root Port - 0151
Memory Address 0x9FA00000-0xFEAFFFFF PCI bus
Memory Address 0x9FA00000-0xFEAFFFFF Motherboard resources
I/O Port 0x0000FFFF-0x0000FFFF Motherboard resources
I/O Port 0x0000FFFF-0x0000FFFF Motherboard resources
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@andrewoconnell - Thanks and I was happy to help.
... Thinkpads_User
... Thinkpads_User
ASKER
Many thanks - I'll try it out on my spare PC.
Cheers
Andrew
Cheers
Andrew
ASKER