my computer doesnt recognize my new ram

[craig7]

so, i just put in the final piece of ram, thiere is a total of 4 gigs in there now, but when i right click on my computer and click properties, it says i only have 3.11 gigs, but CPU-Z says that i have 4 gigs, so im confused. does my computer know i have 4 gigs and is just not displaying it or does windows realy think i only have 3.11 gigs?

 

[its phillip]

You'll need to switch to 64-bit windows if you want to access the full 4GB of ram.

 

[MDS]

32 bit operating systems can address a maximum of 4 GB (2^32 = 4 GB) but approximately 800 MB is reserved for the operating system itself.

 

[BoredSysAdmin]

You'll need to switch to 64-bit windows if you want to access the full 4GB of ram.

+1
What he said.

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/hiltonl/archive/2007/04/13/the-3gb-not-4gb-ram-problem.aspx