Windows 2003 cant detect / display additional memory jcagots 10/31/2008 2:13:00 AM Hi, anyone here can explain why windows 2003 (enterprise edition) cant detect my additional memory. I upgraded our server's memory from 4GB to 8GB. The server application software (its DELL server Manager) can detect the whole 8GB, and also at the BIOS, but when you checked the Server properties (My Computer -> right-click->properties) the display shows 4GB only, and also when i checked the task manager, it only shows the 4GB memory. Any idea why windows cant detect my additional memory? as far as i know, Enterprise Edition can use / detect up to 32GB of memory. TIA

Re: Windows 2003 cant detect / display additional memory "Satya Ramachandran" <satya_online[ at ]hotmail.com> 11/23/2008 7:26:03 AM On a 32bit or x86 edition of Windows you would need a PAE kernel to address beyond 4 GB of RAM irrespective of the licensed memory support. In the boot.ini, add /PAE after the ARC path and reboot. "jcagots" <jcagots[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:C1CF142A-E8D3-444F-BBC6-5897B7D4F47B[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > Hi, anyone here can explain why windows 2003 (enterprise edition) cant > detect > my additional memory. I upgraded our server's memory from 4GB to 8GB. The > server application software (its DELL server Manager) can detect the whole > 8GB, and also at the BIOS, but when you checked the Server properties (My > Computer -> right-click->properties) the display shows 4GB only, and also > when i checked the task manager, it only shows the 4GB memory. Any idea > why > windows cant detect my additional memory? as far as i know, Enterprise > Edition can use / detect up to 32GB of memory. > > TIA

RE: Windows 2003 cant detect / display additional memory Kanth 12/18/2008 7:49:24 AM 32-bit Windows OS system depends on Physical Address Extension (PAE) feature to use more than 4GB of physical memory. On most Windows 2000 and 2003 systems, PAE is disabled by default. Data Protection Execution (DEP) should enabled on computer to enable PAE. To enable PAE in Windows Server 2003/2000/XP edit BOOT.INI file (normally located at root folder "C:\") and add /PAE switch. You can disable PAE by using /NOPAE switch. You can also use BOOTCFG command line tool to configure, query, change or delete the boot entry setting in the BOOT.INI file. -- - Kanth "jcagots" wrote: [Quoted Text] > Hi, anyone here can explain why windows 2003 (enterprise edition) cant detect > my additional memory. I upgraded our server's memory from 4GB to 8GB. The > server application software (its DELL server Manager) can detect the whole > 8GB, and also at the BIOS, but when you checked the Server properties (My > Computer -> right-click->properties) the display shows 4GB only, and also > when i checked the task manager, it only shows the 4GB memory. Any idea why > windows cant detect my additional memory? as far as i know, Enterprise > Edition can use / detect up to 32GB of memory. > > TIA