How can we extend 4gb ram limit to 8gb in win7 32bit

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Hello,
the mother board used is DH61WW which supports 8gb ram ,but we have purchased win7 32 bit . Now we have to access 8gb of ram,is their any means to access 8gb of ram,
 


Hi :)

Basically the answer is no unless you wipe the drive and install Win7 64 bit....

All the best Brett :)
 
In short, not without faffing.

There are products out there such as RAMdisk which will allow you to utilize the extra memory and there are some pieces of software which will unlock it.

To be perfectly honest.....just get yourself the 64bit version and it will be easier, less stressful and actually will run better than any bodge job out there.
 



Hi :)

Sorry but you are wrong.... 4 gb is an absolute limit in 32 bit software...NO programs can release more memory, they might say they do but they cannot....

All the best Brett :)
 

Actually, Brett, you are wrong. 32-bit Operating Systems can access more than 4GB of memory by using PAE, so it's not an absolute limit; the limitation is that no individual application can access more than 4GB. I'm not sure what applications there may be that allow Windows to use PAE but other OSs, such as Linux, do so.

But, as others have said, the most sensible solution is to use 64-bit Windows.
 
No,,, its possible to increase the RAM capacity upto 64 GB . I tried it and succeed also . Here is the link as follows.
Download patch file and follow the instructions as in link webpage.

http://www.howorks.com/2011/02/24/how-to-remove-windows-7-32bit-4gb-memory-limit/

Rgds--
Naresh
 


 
"Hi :)
Sorry but you are wrong.... 4 gb is an absolute limit in 32 bit software...NO programs can release more memory, they might say they do but they cannot....
All the best Brett :)"

Not only "they say they do" but I have proven that they actually do (in my Win7 32 bit, w/ 4gb RAM). After installing the tweaker, an improvement in performance was noted (albeit slightly since the margin was not really huge to begin with), and the Windows Experience Index for Memory (RAM) was also increasing. It was quite a while a go and I didn't keep any record so I cannot give the exact numbers.

So to say that such tweaking does not work, is to say that the tweak manipulated Windows Experience Index to lie. And what's to gain by endeavoring such attempt?

Adieu, Fares.
 
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