Vista on Bootcamp uses only 2GBs of RAM

[schulzdavid]

Hi there!

I haven't found anything on this particular problem yet, so I'm posting it here.

I've got a Macbook Pro with the new Intel i7 2,8 ghz (bought in November 2010) and I just installed Windows Vista on it via BootCamp. But it uses only 2 gigs of my 8 gigs of RAM!

I have:
- the same problem with 4 GB and 8 GB
- installed SP2 on Vista (now it shows 8 GB, but still can only use 2 GB)
- 64-bit Vista
- the latest version of BootCamp

Can anybody help me??
Thanks in advance!

 

[mulo]

ok windows is crap, vista i sht.
tried windows 7?

 

[schulzdavid]

ok windows is crap, vista i sht.
tried windows 7?

No not yet, I used my Vista copy I bought in 2007 for my PC.

So if no one else seems to have the same problem, how sure can I be that it'll work on Windows 7?

 

[ender land]

I doubt that many people have tried putting Vista on their macs, probably because Vista is not really... good

 

[schulzdavid]

I doubt that many people have tried putting Vista on their macs, probably because Vista is not really... good

Well I feared that...
But I'm using Vista since February 2007, and tbh I am experiencing no kind of problems currently (except that one ), and I can't really tell what the big difference between Vista and 7 is.

But back to topic, maybe anyone knows how to get around this limit?

 

[tjb1]

Did you install drivers from the CD?

 

[Dr McKay]

Are you sure you installed 64-bit? Because 32-bit can only see 2GB of RAM. That's what it sounds like to me.

 

[schulzdavid]

Did you install drivers from the CD?

Yes, but the soundcard driver didn't work at the beginning but I grabbed one from the internet and now it works.

Are you sure you installed 64-bit? Because 32-bit can only see 2GB of RAM. That's what it sounds like to me.

Yes, absolutely sure. That's exactly what I'm wondering about. All guys with that problem had 32-bit versions, so that didn't help very much.

But what the **** guys, I just installed 8 gigs of memory on my PC (not the MBP). I've installed the same copy of Windows Vista and it now sees 8 GB, but uses only 3328 MB.

Sounds like the 32-bit limit but it isn't 32-bit!!

Edit: Ok I just had to restart the PC, now it works fine.

Edit²: Ok problem also solved with the MB. I just had to uncheck the "Maximum memory" box in the msconfig tool...

But thanks for your help!!

 

[UltimaLink]

BACKUP
REFORMAT
REINSTALL

Make sure you install 64 bit. Because no matter how sure you are, you probably installed 32 bit. Go to start>computer>right click and properties.