Bootcamp not recognizing ram in windows
Hi everyone and thanks for reading.
I have just migrated to a 2.8 Mac Pro 8 core with 6 gigs of ram...I installed Windows XP pro SP2 on a 32 Gb Fat partition on my primary drive using bootcamp. I had difficulty installing Windows when trying to format the partition with a NFTS. It would not read my windows install disk if using NFTS. (weird) I have XP up and running now but it only sees 2 gigs of ram....I understand that a limitation of XP is that it can only read 3 gigs but where is this other gig. I am currently using Sony Vegas 8 and the extra gig would probably not make a huge difference, but every little bit helps. I migrated away from core2 quad Pc with 3 gigs of ram to the Mac and I was rendering a small project in Vegas for a client last night and the Mac seems to render significantly faster than my PC did, even without the ram not being recognized....The power of the processors seems obvious. Its not a huge deal, just wondering if anyone has seen this. Is anyone using Sony Vegas with something like Parallels, Fusion. Thanks Lou |
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You can google "3gb switch" and read about it, as it's often misunderstood as to exactly what it does. |
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Thanks for the insight Ben,
are you working primarily on a Mac or a PC? Lou |
For some reason, Bootcamp limits Windows to seeing only 2gb. Windows is able to see up to 4 gigs, depending on the hardware setup. (My Dell system sees 3 gigs of RAM)
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parallels and vegas
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