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4 GB of RAM installed but only 2.97 GB usable. What gives?
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Mar 15, 202615186 viewsConfidence Score0%
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Possible Duplicate: Where did the other .8 GB of RAM go? I just bought a used MacBook on eBay that came installed with 4 GB of RAM. The first thing I did was installing Windows 7 using Boot Camp. Here's where it gets weird. When I finally booted it up in Windows 7, I checked the Computer properties…
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Fix for: 4 GB of RAM installed but only 2.97 GB usable. What gives?
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It sounds like you have installed a 32-bit version of Windows. 32-bit versions can only access around 3 GB of RAM. The exact amount depends on other hardware that is installed. If you want to be able to use more than this then you need to install a …
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