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The maximum amount of physical memory (RAM) that can be installed on a computer, which may be imposed by hardware or the operating system.

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What are the Memory Limits for Windows 8?

With the Windows 7 Memory Limits seeming small to some people, what are the memory limits Microsoft have for Windows 8?
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Why is my system so slow when I have so much RAM?

So I have a computer with 3.45 GB of RAM according to my OS (XP). I have 2 GB virtual RAM. My company pushes Excel to its limits of referencing other worksheets which eats up a lot of resources. ...
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Why does my CPU only support 32GB RAM when it has 39 address bits?

The following is the output of cat /proc/cpuinfo user@localhost:~$ cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 60 model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-...
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Why do 32-bit processes have a 2 GB RAM limit?

I'm curious why there is a 2 GB limit for a 32-bit process on a 32-bit OS. According to the blog post Chat Question: Memory Limits for 32-bit and 64-bit processes, the limit can be extended to 3 ...
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Can I add another stick of 2 GB to a 32 bit Windows Starter system?

I am running Win 7 Starter 32-bit on an Acer Aspire, 2gb RAM. Will 2 extra GB Ram make my system faster? When I install the RAM system properties says that the system has 4 GB but only 2 is usable. ...
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How to check if PAE is enabled? (Windows 7 32 bits)

How to tell for sure if PAE (Physical Address Extensions) is enabled or not? There is a SPECIFIC command I can use? I can read a registry value or something? (Windows 7 32 bits) I have found this ...
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Windows 8 never uses more than 8 GB memory although 16 GB are apparently available

I have Windows 8 64bit PC with 16 GB memory installed. All the memory is properly recognized on my Asus motherboard and also by Windows as shown in the picture below. I like to have many browser tabs ...
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ESXI only 4.7GB RAM available for VMs from 8GB of RAM. why so little?

I have an ESXI 6.0 with 8GB Ram. For some reason I can only use 4.7GB for VMs. I tried using esxtop but didnt see anything using lots of RAM. Below are screenshots from vsphere. Can anyone help me to ...
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Can some programs really access “unavailable” RAM on a 32-bit system?

Question I’ve seen some programs (especially RAM-drive software) that purport to being able to access the “unavailable RAM” on 32-bit systems (including XP). I’m wondering if they actually can, and ...
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Memory upgrade to 8GB on unibody MacBook

I bought the 13" unibody MacBook one month prior to it's upgrade to become the new improved 13" unibody MacBook Pro (with unopenable battery compartment, extra 3 hours of battery life, more color ...
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8GB, but have to run Windows Xp (32 Bit). Anything I can do with the additional memory?

I ordered a new computer with 8GB RAM with the plan to run Windows 7, 64Bit. Turns out now, that I need to run a 32Bit OS (XP or 7) due to some software which does not run on 64Bit yet (not even with ...
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Application cannot access more than 4 GB on 64 bit processor

I am trying to run a memory intensive program which requires more than 4 GB memory. I am running it on a 64 bit processor, and I have 16 GB RAM (which is also visible to me). But the program crashes. ...
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dmidecode - which section exactly report maximum amount of supported RAM

Manufacturer of my motherboard reports a maximum of 4GB (2GB on each slot, it has two memory slot). By reading dmidecode output I read: Memory Controller Information Error Detecting Method: 8-...
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Virtual Address Space limits in Windows NT: arbitrary for Itanium?

This MSDN article lists the virtual address space limits for current versions of Windows. I notice that for 32 bit systems the address space is divided into 2 GB user and 2 GB kernel, which makes ...
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Windows sandbox memory limit

How do I increase the amount of memory available within Windows Sandbox? The default 4GB is not enough for some heavy programs. There seems to be nothing related in .wsb configuration files
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How can I configure Firefox to assume I have less memory?

Firefox has a few different settings that automatically get tuned based on the system ram. This is all great if you're running nothing besides Firefox, but when you're running half a dozen apps at the ...
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Memory addresses on disk

If i had 160 GB of hard drive on a 32 bit OS what is the largest possible memory address? and if a 32 bit pointer can map upto 4 GB of memory how is it possible to map an address above 4 GB?
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Can process address extension (PAE) be used on 32-bit Windows 10?

My Windows 10 installation is 32-bits (x86). The official Microsoft documentation does not say whether PAE is supported on Windows 8, 8.1 or 10, only referring to earlier versions of Windows. Its not ...
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What is the maximum memory (RAM) limit for Solaris 11?

I have been trying to find out the maximum memory limit for Solaris 11 for a report that I am doing but with no luck. Can anyone please help?
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Does Lenovo T400 can only work with up to 4GB RAM?

Does Lenovo T400 only work with up to 4GB RAM? On the detailed specifications for the Lenovo T400, it says "512 MB, 1 GB, 2GB, or 4GB memory" and "Supports up to 4GB maximum memory". Is it for the ...
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Mobo supports 16GB; only 4x4GB or also 2x8GB?

My motherboard (gigabyte ga-ma790xt-ud4p) supports 16GB of DDR3 RAM. Does this mean that it supports only 4x4GB or also other distributions, like 2x8GB or 1x16GB?
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OS freeze when OS starts to swap memory

Background: I have 16 GB of memory in my machine. When my machine uses already 15 GB of memory and my application allocates another chunk of 2 GB memory I run out of physical memory and swapping (...
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HP G60-552NR Memory

This is a two part question. how much memory can I install in this computer, not how much is recommended. Can you go beyond 8G How much faster is the PC 6400 to PC 5300 chip?
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Can 2 Modules Of 2GB Activate Dual-Channel In Windows XP Home 32-bit?

Windows XP Home is 32-bit and it allows only to use approximately 3.25GB of RAM. If i buy 2 modules of 2GB, will dual-channel still work even though Windows sees only 3.25GB of RAM?
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Can I mix 2*2 memory sticks with 2*4 in a Imac 27 i5

I have an iMac 27" with 2x 2GB memory sticks. Can I add 2x 4GB memory sticks? Does it matter how they are installed in the system?
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How can I limit Safari's RAM use?

Safari uses a lot of RAM. Especially when you add Safari's use to WebProcess's use: it comes to about 1.5 GB of memory (for me, anyway). How can I limit the amount of RAM Safari and WebProcess use? I ...
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Firefox garbage collection and RAM/memory cleanup

Firefox has a feature to do garbage collection and memory cleanup: On the about:memory page, Free memory > GC/CC/Minimize memory usage. Is it possible to trigger them externally, e.g. via a ...
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Is it possible to limit the memory a process uses from command line?

Is it possible to limit the amount of memory a process consumes from the command line and eventually automatically kill the process if it tries to overpass this limit? Something like MaxRam -4GB ./...
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Default maximum heap size -- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, openjdk6-jre

I just installed openjdk6-jre on Ubuntu 10.04 java version "1.6.0_20" OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea6 1.9.2) (6b20-1.9.2-0ubuntu1~10.04.1) OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 19.0-b09, mixed mode) ...
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Limiting RAM without physically removing it?

How do I limit the RAM which my OS sees without physically removing it from the machine ?
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Why is the usable memory on my Macbook pro shown as 2.74 Gb when there is 4GB installed with 32bit Windows 7? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Windows XP and RAM 3.5GB+ Installed RAM : 4 GB but 2.96GB Usable......why? I have a Macbook Pro with 4GB of installed RAM. I have installed Windows 7 on it which shows the ...
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I have a very old laptop, and would like a small linux distro for it

I have a very old laptop. It runs Windows ME, slowly. It has too little memory to run Ubunto off the CD. It showed the text/list based UI that gives the option of trying so or just installing it on ...
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Couldn't reserve memory though there's space

I am trying to use Weka (http://www.cs.waikato.ac.nz/ml/weka/) on a 64-bit Windows 7 system which is by nature very memory bound. Problem is that my PC has 8GB RAM and my task manager says that only 1....
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Laptop ram compatibility

My old laptop has two 2GB chips that I'd like to upgrade. Each chip says 2GB 1Rx8 PC3 - 10600S - 9 - 11 - B2 HMT325S6CFR8C - H9 NO AA 1148 Not sure what any of that really means. Is this chip ...
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Out of physical memory on notebook - Correct approach?

I have a Fedora 21 on my notebook and it sometimes runs out of memory. The notebook has 4GB of system RAM and the OS takes up only about 450MB of disk space. I am sure that the culprit is Chromium; ...
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RAM limited to 12GB by motherboard?

I want to add more RAM to my motherboard (ASUS P6T) and I was looking through the manual and found this under the specifications: I'm guessing this means 12GB total? I asked somebody else and he told ...
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Restrict maximum ram on windows 7

I have a problem with my ram on my windows7 64bit - it's too much ;) Some of my old software can't handle the 8gb of ram i have, but there is a possibility to limit it, so windows uses all in all ...
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How much RAM can I put in an ASUS Q550LF?

I'm thinking about upgrading my laptop's RAM and I've been wondering two things: How many RAM slots does my laptop have? I've been looking online and I can't seem to find a clear answer. How much ram ...
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Can I upgrade an Asus M51Sn laptop to 2x4GB of RAM? (DDR2)

My Asus M51Sn has 2 RAM slots which currently have 1x1GB + 1x2GB DDR2-800 SODimm RAM modules installed. I've found out that 4GB DDR2 SODimm modules do exist, though they are impossible to find in ...
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Can I install more than 4GB Ram on my mid-2008 macbook pro? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How do I determine which MacBook hardware version I have? (for RAM purchase) I have a mid-2008 Penryn 2.5 GHz with 800 MHz bus speed. I have read that these machines can run ...
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2 GB of memory in 1 GB system is a problem?

I just installed 2 1 Gig sticks into my friend's machine, thinking that it would take all the 2 GBs. Unfortunately, according to Dell's website, it says the maximum amount of memory accessible to the ...
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is it possible to limit memory for my afk profile under 512MB in minecraft?

I want to use an AFK profile in Minecraft, but I can't seem to limit its ram usage. i tried using these JVM arguments: -Xmx512M -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -XX:+CMSIncrementalMode -XX:-...
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Does batch's parentheses have a limit to how much output it can hold?

I have been using this batch code: https://github.com/ITCMD/in2batch and it outputs something that looks like this: ( echo gfgqebfwrwe echo grgrgehrg4wer echo htrehteertrehrt +12,000 more lines of ...
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In Windows 7, can the amount of RAM available for all tasks be temporarily limitted?

My less-powerful computer has 6GB of RAM. I am writing software that performs a RAM-intensive task on some large data sets. I would like to establish that it will run on a computer with 3GB of RAM, ...
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Computer architecture : DDR3 memory technology - slot capacity scaling

Speaking in terms of computer architecture, what are the characteristics embedded in a DDR3 memory module or the host slot, such that a user cannot put a larger RAM than the per-slot specification of ...
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Intel(R) 82865G limited to MAX 96 MB Mem - Any way to override and increase?

I have an old HP desktop with an onboard Intel 82865G running Windows XP (SP3), and while it does 1920x1080, if something requires more than 96 MB of video memory, it crashes, or fails, or generates ...
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How to limit sshd/sftp connections or memory use in Linux?

I'm working on an embedded Linux system, and I found it will report 'page allocation stall' while I'm downloading file via sftp. Please refer to this video for detail. I've tried the following ways to ...
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Restrict RAM usage of Chrome or executables in general?

I need a way to enforce hard limits on RAM usage for specific EXEs, since Chrome is leaking memory all the time and crashing my system. Is it possible to simply disable the Large Address Aware flag of ...
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HP Z600 Workstation max memory figures

I have this workstation with the C2 revision motherboard. HP sources say that this will support 48GB memory (6x 8GB) but I keep seeing people touting 96GB (6x 16GB) all over the place. Does anyone ...
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Can a laptop with a Core I5-7200U be limited to 16GB RAM max? [duplicate]

I recently bought a new laptop, a HP ProBook 430 G4 with an Intel I5-7200U CPU and 8GB RAM. The laptop has two RAM slots and was delivered with a single 8GB 2133 MHz / PC4-17000 SO-DIMM. I've upgraded ...
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