32bit and ram

[colore]

hello

i have installed 2 x 2GB DDR3 in my system, but WinXP SP3 32bit recognize 2.85GB

i know that 32bit cannot recognize more than 4GB, but why recognize only 2.85GB ?

thanks

[Ponch]

Check the stickies.

[colore]

what to check exactly?

they have labels that say 2GB (each) and they look well fixed into the slots

[ricktendo]

He means the pinned topics in the forum you posted this question, your answer is in there

[cluberti]

I'll make it easy for you:

Note that newer Windows operating systems like Windows 7 make this easier for you to see - for example, on a Win7 system you can simply run "resmon.exe" and it will show you where the additional RAM was allocated (hint - it's almost always allocated/reserved by the BIOS, and as such Windows never "sees" it as available for use, so it can't use it).