Re: How to tell DP35DP BIOS version before buying CPU?

"Robert Brereton" <robert.brereton<nospam>@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

3 Make sure you use identical 2 sticks of 1 gig RAM one in each
of the blue slots. Windoze xp x32bit will not recognise
the full 4 gigs. I have 2 gigs spare now until I get 64bit
windows.

Windows XP/Vista 32-bit will recognize about 3.4 GB of RAM. Many
users install 4 GB. Usually 2 GB x 2 is used instead of 1 GB x 4
because some mainboards have trouble handling four sticks of RAM.
Adding your spare 2 GB of RAM might increase your usable RAM to
somewhere around 3.4 GB.
.

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