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07-05-2009

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You installed 2 GB and you're wondering if "only" 4 is supported? Strange question.

I had 2 GB installed and I was installing 2 GB more. Only 3.5 showed up, which should not be the case if the computer is using "64-bit" (actually usually just 48-bit?) addressing.