Vista Max RAM

As the subject says, what's that max RAM that can be installed in any
version?
Short and sweet
Thanks.

Hasan

"Hasan" <hasan at uh dot com dot au> wrote in message
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> As the subject says, what's that max RAM that can be installed in any
> version?

Being pedantic for a second, the maximum RAM that can be installed has
nothing whatever to do operating systems - it is determined by the number of
RAM slots in the machine's motherboard, and the maximum size of the RAM
chips that each slot supports.

That said, the various versions of Vista *support* various amounts of RAM,
as follows:

Starter 256Mb
Home Basic 8Gb
Home Premium 16Gb
Business 128Gb
Enterprise 128Gb
Ultimate 128Gb

If you have a copy of Business, Enterprise or Ultimate, best of luck finding
a machine which will allow you to install 128Gb RAM... :-)

"Hasan" <hasan at uh dot com dot au> wrote in message
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> As the subject says, what's that max RAM that can be installed in any
> version?
> Short and sweet


For all 32 bit versions of Vista, the maximum amount of RAM supported is 4
GB. For the 64 bit versions, it depends on which version.

Home Basic - 8 GB
Home Premium - 16 GB
Business, Enterprise and Ultimate - 128+ GB
--
Tom Porterfield

Thanks for the info.
I have a client who is a bit anal about wanting a minimum of 8GB of RAM for
his occasionally used home PC. He's got $$ to burn.
He also wants to upgrade to Vista as soon as it's released.


"Mark Rae" <mark@markNOSPAMrae.com> wrote in message
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> "Hasan" <hasan at uh dot com dot au> wrote in message
> news:OYlRZYpIHHA.1248@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>
>> As the subject says, what's that max RAM that can be installed in any
>> version?
>
> Being pedantic for a second, the maximum RAM that can be installed has
> nothing whatever to do operating systems - it is determined by the number
> of RAM slots in the machine's motherboard, and the maximum size of the RAM
> chips that each slot supports.
>
> That said, the various versions of Vista *support* various amounts of RAM,
> as follows:
>
> Starter 256Mb
> Home Basic 8Gb
> Home Premium 16Gb
> Business 128Gb
> Enterprise 128Gb
> Ultimate 128Gb
>
> If you have a copy of Business, Enterprise or Ultimate, best of luck
> finding a machine which will allow you to install 128Gb RAM... :-)
>

Warning 4 GB Limit with 32 bit versions of vista..
and even if you have 4, only 3 of those can be ulitized from the OS


"Hasan" <hasan at uh dot com dot au> wrote in message
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> Thanks for the info.
> I have a client who is a bit anal about wanting a minimum of 8GB of RAM
> for his occasionally used home PC. He's got $$ to burn.
> He also wants to upgrade to Vista as soon as it's released.
>
>
> "Mark Rae" <mark@markNOSPAMrae.com> wrote in message
> news:Oc7ZuepIHHA.1276@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> "Hasan" <hasan at uh dot com dot au> wrote in message
>> news:OYlRZYpIHHA.1248@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>
>>> As the subject says, what's that max RAM that can be installed in any
>>> version?
>>
>> Being pedantic for a second, the maximum RAM that can be installed has
>> nothing whatever to do operating systems - it is determined by the number
>> of RAM slots in the machine's motherboard, and the maximum size of the
>> RAM chips that each slot supports.
>>
>> That said, the various versions of Vista *support* various amounts of
>> RAM, as follows:
>>
>> Starter 256Mb
>> Home Basic 8Gb
>> Home Premium 16Gb
>> Business 128Gb
>> Enterprise 128Gb
>> Ultimate 128Gb
>>
>> If you have a copy of Business, Enterprise or Ultimate, best of luck
>> finding a machine which will allow you to install 128Gb RAM... :-)
>>
>
>

"Mark Rae" <mark@markNOSPAMrae.com> wrote in message
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> That said, the various versions of Vista *support* various amounts of RAM,
> as follows:
>
> Home Basic 8Gb
> Home Premium 16Gb
> Business 128Gb
> Enterprise 128Gb
> Ultimate 128Gb

Only the 64 bit versions support that much. 32 bit versions all support
only 4 Gb. This is the mathematical limit of 32 bits, not an OS
restriction.

Mike

64 Bit editions of Vista support the most amount of RAM. If you are looking
at a 32 Bit machine, then the maximum is 4GB

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"Hasan" <hasan at uh dot com dot au> wrote in message
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> As the subject says, what's that max RAM that can be installed in any
> version?
> Short and sweet
> Thanks.
>
> Hasan
>

>not an OS restriction.

Is an OS restriction.

Limit: 64 GB (use 36 bits for directions: 32 + 4 -PAE-). But in XP+SP2 or
Vista 32, PAE in restricted and not reallocated memory after 4 GB. Real
limit is 2.5, 3, 3.25... etc... depending of resources necessaries of MB.
(for driver compatibility mode)

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"Mike" <no@where.man> wrote in message
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> "Mark Rae" <mark@markNOSPAMrae.com> wrote in message
> news:Oc7ZuepIHHA.1276@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> That said, the various versions of Vista *support* various amounts of
>> RAM, as follows:
>>
>> Home Basic 8Gb
>> Home Premium 16Gb
>> Business 128Gb
>> Enterprise 128Gb
>> Ultimate 128Gb
>
> Only the 64 bit versions support that much. 32 bit versions all support
> only 4 Gb. This is the mathematical limit of 32 bits, not an OS
> restriction.
>
> Mike
>

4 GB, with the /PAE switch in boot.ini, only 3 without it

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here
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"NewFox" <-> wrote in message news:eax8n9pIHHA.1468@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Warning 4 GB Limit with 32 bit versions of vista..
> and even if you have 4, only 3 of those can be ulitized from the OS
>
>
> "Hasan" <hasan at uh dot com dot au> wrote in message
> news:OPX$4xpIHHA.1044@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Thanks for the info.
>> I have a client who is a bit anal about wanting a minimum of 8GB of RAM
>> for his occasionally used home PC. He's got $$ to burn.
>> He also wants to upgrade to Vista as soon as it's released.
>>
>>
>> "Mark Rae" <mark@markNOSPAMrae.com> wrote in message
>> news:Oc7ZuepIHHA.1276@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> "Hasan" <hasan at uh dot com dot au> wrote in message
>>> news:OYlRZYpIHHA.1248@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>>
>>>> As the subject says, what's that max RAM that can be installed in any
>>>> version?
>>>
>>> Being pedantic for a second, the maximum RAM that can be installed has
>>> nothing whatever to do operating systems - it is determined by the
>>> number of RAM slots in the machine's motherboard, and the maximum size
>>> of the RAM chips that each slot supports.
>>>
>>> That said, the various versions of Vista *support* various amounts of
>>> RAM, as follows:
>>>
>>> Starter 256Mb
>>> Home Basic 8Gb
>>> Home Premium 16Gb
>>> Business 128Gb
>>> Enterprise 128Gb
>>> Ultimate 128Gb
>>>
>>> If you have a copy of Business, Enterprise or Ultimate, best of luck
>>> finding a machine which will allow you to install 128Gb RAM... :-)
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

can you explain this in detail or provide a link with more information on
this?

thank you


"Jonathan Maltz [MS-MVP]" <jmaltz@mvps.org> wrote in message
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>4 GB, with the /PAE switch in boot.ini, only 3 without it
>
> --
> --Jonathan Maltz [Microsoft MVP - Windows Server - IIS, Virtual PC]
> http://www.visualwin.com - A Windows Server 2003 visual, step-by-step
> tutorial site :-)
> http://vpc.visualwin.com - Does <insert OS name> work on VPC 2004? Find
> out
> here
> Only reply by newsgroup. I do not do technical support via email. Any
> emails I have not authorized are deleted before I see them.
>
>
> "NewFox" <-> wrote in message
> news:eax8n9pIHHA.1468@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Warning 4 GB Limit with 32 bit versions of vista..
>> and even if you have 4, only 3 of those can be ulitized from the OS
>>
>>
>> "Hasan" <hasan at uh dot com dot au> wrote in message
>> news:OPX$4xpIHHA.1044@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> Thanks for the info.
>>> I have a client who is a bit anal about wanting a minimum of 8GB of RAM
>>> for his occasionally used home PC. He's got $$ to burn.
>>> He also wants to upgrade to Vista as soon as it's released.
>>>
>>>
>>> "Mark Rae" <mark@markNOSPAMrae.com> wrote in message
>>> news:Oc7ZuepIHHA.1276@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>> "Hasan" <hasan at uh dot com dot au> wrote in message
>>>> news:OYlRZYpIHHA.1248@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>>>
>>>>> As the subject says, what's that max RAM that can be installed in any
>>>>> version?
>>>>
>>>> Being pedantic for a second, the maximum RAM that can be installed has
>>>> nothing whatever to do operating systems - it is determined by the
>>>> number of RAM slots in the machine's motherboard, and the maximum size
>>>> of the RAM chips that each slot supports.
>>>>
>>>> That said, the various versions of Vista *support* various amounts of
>>>> RAM, as follows:
>>>>
>>>> Starter 256Mb
>>>> Home Basic 8Gb
>>>> Home Premium 16Gb
>>>> Business 128Gb
>>>> Enterprise 128Gb
>>>> Ultimate 128Gb
>>>>
>>>> If you have a copy of Business, Enterprise or Ultimate, best of luck
>>>> finding a machine which will allow you to install 128Gb RAM... :-)
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>