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Increase the size of usable memory Windows 7 32-bit OS

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harishgogoi Original post #1
Sep 24, 2012 at 12:39 AM
I've increase the size of my RAM to 6GB (2GB+4GB DDR3 1066MHz) in my Samsung RV509-AOCIN laptop which has expandable memory upto 8GB.
Now, the problem is that Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit OS use only 3.43GB of the memory :cry:. Is their any way I can use the total 6GB of my RAM in the same OS.
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krishnandu.sarkar
Sep 24, 2012 at 8:22 AM
You have to use 64bit OS in order to utilize more than 4GB RAM.
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hitesh #3
Sep 24, 2012 at 9:18 AM
AFAIK You can't do that. Get the 64bit version to use more than 4gb (actually 3.5 gb)
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Flash #4
Sep 24, 2012 at 2:23 PM
^^ As told above, system wont use >4GB in x86 mode.
Thats why i've upgraded to x64 recently.

Here is the official word from Microsoft, detailing each.
Memory Limits for Windows Releases
reniarahim1
Sep 24, 2012 at 4:53 PM
No Way..Reinstall the OS with 64 bit version.