Not that I know of. Even if you could you probably would not for very long. Jupiter Jones MVP 'skiddhard' wrote in message news: hey there guysIs there anyway that u can get Windows Vista to install on a Laptop running on 256 MB RAM?
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I have ample space to install it but when the installation starts it gives me an error saying 'setup requires 512 MB' and the only thing i can do is click ok and exit the installation! Any help is appreciated!! - skiddhard - skiddhard's Profile: View this thread:. Visit and order additional RAM. Carey Frisch Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User Microsoft Community Newsgroups - 'skiddhard' wrote: hey there guysIs there anyway that u can get Windows Vista to install on a Laptop running on 256 MB RAM? I have ample space to install it but when the installation starts it gives me an error saying 'setup requires 512 MB' and the only thing i can do is click ok and exit the installation! Any help is appreciated!!
- skiddhard. Skiddhard, Respectfully expressed, what additional help are you seeking when you provided the answer to your question; you need at least 512 RAM. Firewall 'skiddhard' wrote: hey there guysIs there anyway that u can get Windows Vista to install on a Laptop running on 256 MB RAM? I have ample space to install it but when the installation starts it gives me an error saying 'setup requires 512 MB' and the only thing i can do is click ok and exit the installation!
Any help is appreciated!! - skiddhard - skiddhard's Profile: View this thread:.
What i really meant was on the basis of what was written by the Head of Microsoft India in a news article, that Vista will run on 256 MB but for features like Aero and other graphic intensive applications, 512 MB is recommended. My intention is to see how it works so i can decide whether shifting from XP Pro to Vista in the future makes sense.
Do you know of any platform be it Home basic, or Business or Ultimate that installs on 256 MB? If not, i'll exchange the 256 MB for a 1 GB DIMM. Cheers FireWall2;2450488 Wrote: SkiddhardRespectfully expressed, what additional help are you seeking when you provided the answer to your question; you need at least 512 RAM. - Firewall 'skiddhard' wrote: hey there guysIs there anyway that u can get Windows Vista to install on a Laptop running on 256 MB RAM? I have ample space to install it but when the installation starts it gives me an error saying 'setup requires 512 MB' and the only thing i can do is click ok and exit the installation! Any help is appreciated!!
- skiddhard - skiddhard's Profile: View this thread: - skiddhard - skiddhard's Profile: View this thread. I doubt anyone in Microsoft India, or Microsoft Anywhere, said that. The Windows Vista page defines the minimums for Vista and clearly states 512mb is the minimum for ANY version: - Richard G.
Harper MVP Shell/User. NEW! Catch my blog. PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups. The Website -. HELP us help YOU. 'skiddhard' wrote in message news: What i really meant was on the basis of what was written by the Head of Microsoft India in a news article, that Vista will run on 256 MB but for features like Aero and other graphic intensive applications, 512 MB is recommended.
My intention is to see how it works so i can decide whether shifting from XP Pro to Vista in the future makes sense. Do you know of any platform be it Home basic, or Business or Ultimate that installs on 256 MB? If not, i'll exchange the 256 MB for a 1 GB DIMM. Cheers FireWall2;2450488 Wrote: SkiddhardRespectfully expressed, what additional help are you seeking when you provided the answer to your question; you need at least 512 RAM. - Firewall 'skiddhard' wrote: hey there guysIs there anyway that u can get Windows Vista to install on a Laptop running on 256 MB RAM? I have ample space to install it but when the installation starts it gives me an error saying 'setup requires 512 MB' and the only thing i can do is click ok and exit the installation!
Any help is appreciated!! - skiddhard - skiddhard's Profile: View this thread: - skiddhard - skiddhard's Profile: View this thread:.
Richard, am attaching a URL of The Times Of India, the largest selling publication in India with the said article which talks about Vista running also on 256 MB RAM. Please go through it: You might want to read from the 8th paragraph onwards if you don't want to waste your time going through the entire article Cheers! Harper;2450651 Wrote: I doubt anyone in Microsoft India, or Microsoft Anywhere, said that. The Windows Vista page defines the minimums for Vista and clearly states 512mb is the minimum for ANY version: - Richard G. Harper MVP Shell/User. NEW! Catch my blog.
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HELP us help YOU. 'skiddhard' wrote in message news: What i really meant was on the basis of what was written by the Head of Microsoft India in a news article, that Vista will run on 256 MB but for features like Aero and other graphic intensive applications, 512 MB is recommended.
My intention is to see how it works so i can decide whether shifting from XP Pro to Vista in the future makes sense. Do you know of any platform be it Home basic, or Business or Ultimate that installs on 256 MB? If not, i'll exchange the 256 MB for a 1 GB DIMM. Cheers FireWall2;2450488 Wrote: SkiddhardRespectfully expressed, what additional help are you seeking when you provided the answer to your question; you need at least 512 RAM. - Firewall 'skiddhard' wrote: hey there guysIs there anyway that u can get Windows Vista to install on a Laptop running on 256 MB RAM? I have ample space to install it but when the installation starts it gives me an error saying 'setup requires 512 MB' and the only thing i can do is click ok and exit the installation!
Any help is appreciated!! - skiddhard - skiddhard's Profile: View this thread: - skiddhard - skiddhard's Profile: View this thread: - skiddhard - skiddhard's Profile: View this thread. If you were successful installing Vista with 256 meg of RAM, you would certainly stay with Windows XP. Your Vista experience would be horrible. Regards, Richard Urban Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User (For email, remove the obvious from my address) Quote from George Ankner: If you knew as much as you think you know, You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew! 'skiddhard' wrote in message news: What i really meant was on the basis of what was written by the Head of Microsoft India in a news article, that Vista will run on 256 MB but for features like Aero and other graphic intensive applications, 512 MB is recommended. My intention is to see how it works so i can decide whether shifting from XP Pro to Vista in the future makes sense.
Do you know of any platform be it Home basic, or Business or Ultimate that installs on 256 MB? If not, i'll exchange the 256 MB for a 1 GB DIMM. Cheers FireWall2;2450488 Wrote: SkiddhardRespectfully expressed, what additional help are you seeking when you provided the answer to your question; you need at least 512 RAM. - Firewall 'skiddhard' wrote: hey there guysIs there anyway that u can get Windows Vista to install on a Laptop running on 256 MB RAM? I have ample space to install it but when the installation starts it gives me an error saying 'setup requires 512 MB' and the only thing i can do is click ok and exit the installation! Any help is appreciated!! - skiddhard - skiddhard's Profile: View this thread: - skiddhard - skiddhard's Profile: View this thread:.
Thanks, but no thanks. Remember '640kb should be enough for anyone'?
Yeah, Bill gates said it. The Internet says so!
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HELP us help YOU. 'skiddhard' wrote in message news: Richard, am attaching a URL of The Times Of India, the largest selling publication in India with the said article which talks about Vista running also on 256 MB RAM. Please go through it: You might want to read from the 8th paragraph onwards if you don't want to waste your time going through the entire article Cheers!
Richard G. Harper;2450651 Wrote: I doubt anyone in Microsoft India, or Microsoft Anywhere, said that.
The Windows Vista page defines the minimums for Vista and clearly states 512mb is the minimum for ANY version: - Richard G. Harper MVP Shell/User. NEW! Catch my blog. PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups.
The Website -. HELP us help YOU. 'skiddhard' wrote in message news: What i really meant was on the basis of what was written by the Head of Microsoft India in a news article, that Vista will run on 256 MB but for features like Aero and other graphic intensive applications, 512 MB is recommended. My intention is to see how it works so i can decide whether shifting from XP Pro to Vista in the future makes sense. Do you know of any platform be it Home basic, or Business or Ultimate that installs on 256 MB?
If not, i'll exchange the 256 MB for a 1 GB DIMM. Cheers FireWall2;2450488 Wrote: SkiddhardRespectfully expressed, what additional help are you seeking when you provided the answer to your question; you need at least 512 RAM. - Firewall 'skiddhard' wrote: hey there guysIs there anyway that u can get Windows Vista to install on a Laptop running on 256 MB RAM? I have ample space to install it but when the installation starts it gives me an error saying 'setup requires 512 MB' and the only thing i can do is click ok and exit the installation! Any help is appreciated!! - skiddhard - skiddhard's Profile: View this thread: - skiddhard - skiddhard's Profile: View this thread: - skiddhard - skiddhard's Profile: View this thread:. Well, if you have another computer handy that does meet the requirements, then you can transfer the hard drive to the computer with 512mb or more memory and start the Vista installation from that computer.
After the first restart (after finishing 'copying files' and the first 27% of 'expanding files'), you can transfer the hard drive back into the computer you intend to install Vista on. Windows Vista Home Premium typically uses 230mb of the 256mb of available memory. That doesn't leave much room at all for programs to run, but it will go.
Also, once you finally get to the desktop, it isn't terribly slow. However, if you want your computer to actually be useable for practical purposes, I'd go with more memory. /. Robert Firth. Windows Vista x86 RTM./ 'skiddhard' wrote in message news: Richard, am attaching a URL of The Times Of India, the largest selling publication in India with the said article which talks about Vista running also on 256 MB RAM. Please go through it: You might want to read from the 8th paragraph onwards if you don't want to waste your time going through the entire article Cheers!
Richard G. Harper;2450651 Wrote: I doubt anyone in Microsoft India, or Microsoft Anywhere, said that. The Windows Vista page defines the minimums for Vista and clearly states 512mb is the minimum for ANY version: - Richard G.
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'skiddhard' wrote in message news: What i really meant was on the basis of what was written by the Head of Microsoft India in a news article, that Vista will run on 256 MB but for features like Aero and other graphic intensive applications, 512 MB is recommended. My intention is to see how it works so i can decide whether shifting from XP Pro to Vista in the future makes sense. Do you know of any platform be it Home basic, or Business or Ultimate that installs on 256 MB? If not, i'll exchange the 256 MB for a 1 GB DIMM. Cheers FireWall2;2450488 Wrote: SkiddhardRespectfully expressed, what additional help are you seeking when you provided the answer to your question; you need at least 512 RAM. - Firewall 'skiddhard' wrote: hey there guysIs there anyway that u can get Windows Vista to install on a Laptop running on 256 MB RAM? I have ample space to install it but when the installation starts it gives me an error saying 'setup requires 512 MB' and the only thing i can do is click ok and exit the installation!
Any help is appreciated!! - skiddhard - skiddhard's Profile: View this thread: - skiddhard - skiddhard's Profile: View this thread: - skiddhard - skiddhard's Profile: View this thread:.
This assumes that the guy was reported correctly. Minimum RAM = 512mb For full Aero, minimum VIDEO RAM = 256mb 'skiddhard' wrote in message news: Richard, am attaching a URL of The Times Of India, the largest selling publication in India with the said article which talks about Vista running also on 256 MB RAM. Please go through it: You might want to read from the 8th paragraph onwards if you don't want to waste your time going through the entire article Cheers! Richard G.
Harper;2450651 Wrote: I doubt anyone in Microsoft India, or Microsoft Anywhere, said that. The Windows Vista page defines the minimums for Vista and clearly states 512mb is the minimum for ANY version: - Richard G. Harper MVP Shell/User.
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The Website -. HELP us help YOU. 'skiddhard' wrote in message news: What i really meant was on the basis of what was written by the Head of Microsoft India in a news article, that Vista will run on 256 MB but for features like Aero and other graphic intensive applications, 512 MB is recommended. My intention is to see how it works so i can decide whether shifting from XP Pro to Vista in the future makes sense.
Do you know of any platform be it Home basic, or Business or Ultimate that installs on 256 MB? If not, i'll exchange the 256 MB for a 1 GB DIMM.
Cheers FireWall2;2450488 Wrote: SkiddhardRespectfully expressed, what additional help are you seeking when you provided the answer to your question; you need at least 512 RAM. - Firewall 'skiddhard' wrote: hey there guysIs there anyway that u can get Windows Vista to install on a Laptop running on 256 MB RAM? I have ample space to install it but when the installation starts it gives me an error saying 'setup requires 512 MB' and the only thing i can do is click ok and exit the installation! Any help is appreciated!!
- skiddhard - skiddhard's Profile: View this thread: - skiddhard - skiddhard's Profile: View this thread: - skiddhard - skiddhard's Profile: View this thread:. Maybe, it just might make a wee bit more sense to go buy a I GB chip than to go rambling about trying to do a lot of juggling with hard disks and trying to get the damn thing to work on my 256 MB RAM Laptop. Thanks for the suggestion Robert. I really wanted to avoid that path by installing Vista on my Desktop as if it goes wrong, i risk the chances of loosing a lot of important data irrespective of all the backup that i have. Installing on the Laptop was a more feasible alternative as i sync it with the Desktop everyday.
Anyway, more memory never went waste right? Nice forum this one. Gives another perspective to things that you think might be! Robert Firth;2451595 Wrote: Well, if you have another computer handy that does meet the requirementsthen you can transfer the hard drive to the computer with 512mb or more memory and start the Vista installation from that computer. After the first restart (after finishing 'copying files' and the first 27% of 'expanding files'), you can transfer the hard drive back into the computer you intend to install Vista on.
Windows Vista Home Premium typically uses 230mb of the 256mb of available memory. That doesn't leave much room at all for programs to run, but it will go. Also, once you finally get to the desktop, it isn't terribly slow.
However, if you want your computer to actually be useable for practical purposes, I'd go with more memory. - /. Robert Firth. Windows Vista x86 RTM./ - skiddhard - skiddhard's Profile: View this thread. Many questions like this boil down to 'Yeah, maybe, but you most likely won't like it.' - The personal opinion of Gary G. Little 'skiddhard' wrote in message news: hey there guysIs there anyway that u can get Windows Vista to install on a Laptop running on 256 MB RAM?
I have ample space to install it but when the installation starts it gives me an error saying 'setup requires 512 MB' and the only thing i can do is click ok and exit the installation! Any help is appreciated!! - skiddhard - skiddhard's Profile: View this thread:. Hi i am scooby. If you want to install all vista edition in 256 ram computer you need this things 1 download hiew.exe copy winsetup.dll to your desktop from the dvd then 2 open winsetup.dll with hiew.exe 3 press f4 then decode and f5 search 0007B257 PRESS F3 THEN F2 4 WRITE.movw,dioFEDC,0FFFF; ' '.this is source code of Microsoft then save it and exit replace winsetup.dll and run the setup process and it will jump the ram check Good day scooby - scooby - scooby's Profile: View this thread. Hi i am scooby. It may 'jump the ram check' but you'd still be waiting for hour for applications to load - - John Barnett MVP Associate Expert Windows Desktop Experience Web: Web: The information in this mail/post is supplied 'as is'.
No warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, is made in relation to the accuracy, reliability or content of this mail/post. The Author shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use of, or inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this mail/post. 'scooby' wrote in message news. Hi i am scooby. We had almost 1000 machines XP Pro with 256 meg of ram at my work. We spent $60,000 and added a 1 gig ram chip to each pc, people now get their work done MUCH faster!
We are not even CONSIDERING upgrading any of these pc's to Vista! The newest bunch of pc's come with dual core cpu's and 4 gig of ram, we are installing Vista on them. Even the new laptops are coming with dual core cpu's and 3 gig of ram, they too get Vista. If you are planning on keeping your machine for a while yet, go to and have it check your machine for what is possible in the ram area, and then use the net to find the best price. Sometimes they are, sometimes other places are cheaper. You will be pleasantly suprised if you increase the ram in your current machine to 1 gig, or even 2 gig, and keep XP.
There IS ap oint where you can add ram beyond which it becomes cost effective for most people. If you use PhotoShop, or something like it, get as much memory as you can into the machine, otherwise 1 or 2 gig is a good place to stop for XP. PhotoShop, for example, loads the picture into ram and then when you manipulate the picture that is laoded into ram too, using tons of ram, or in your case harddrive space, as it works with the pictures. Harddrives are MUCH slower than ram, swapping stuff to the harddrive slows down your job and makes everything take longer.
I have a Gateway GT5228 AMD64 X2 4200 with 2 GB RAM (PC-4200 533mHz) installed. When I add 2 GB (2 sticks) of Kingston RAM (same specs as factory), Vista Ultimate (x64) hangs after 10 seconds or so. The screen flashes, becomes pixelated, then the machine restarts. I can boot and have Vista read all 4 GB in Safe Mode. XP Pro x64 boots and reads all 4 GB RAM.
SuSE Linux 10.2 boots and reads all 4 GB of RAM. It's not a compatibility issue.it's a Vista issue. Has anyone else had this problem? Any work arounds? Here are the specs of my Gateway GT5228: AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 4200+ dual-core processor with AMD64 Technology 2.2 GHz 2000 MHz system bus L2 cache: 512 KB ×2 250 GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA II hard drive with 8 MB cache) Integrated NVIDIA® GeForce® 6100 graphics. Same problem, same symptoms.
I get 0x9c stop error when I remap to above 4gb. That is unless I do one of two things. Boot vista x64 in safe mode. All 4gb reported. Enter MSconfig in safe mode with 4gb present and set max ram to 4069 reboot in normal mode with msconfig active on boot. Can boot with no stop error, however system will only report 3gb.
If I deactivate MSCONFIG on boot (boot normal) I am back to 0x9c stop error. Vista Update is installed and did not correct the issue. All 4gb are brand new OCZ Plat series clocked to default 333mhz with 4 dual side sticks nothing in the system is overclocked. Relevant Specs: Video: GeForce 7950GT (Driver Version: 100.65) Motherboard: DFI Lanparty NF4 ultra-D (BIOS 6/06 newest release) (Nforce Driver Version: 15.00) RAM: OCZ Plat. 4002048ELDCPE-K (x2 identical dual channel sets 1gb x 4) Processor: AMD 4200+ X2 OS: Vista x64 Ultimate (all current updates as of 3/12/07). I still have the problem with booting into Safe Mode. I tried what you had done with changing the max ram and it still froze upon boot.
The patch did nothing to help, either. Any help from Microsoft is passed off as a Gateway issue. Any help from Gateway is passed off as a Microsoft issue. So much for my Vista-capable machine. I'll be going back to XP Pro x64 and SuSE 10.2 x64 - both boot and read all 4 GB just fine. Thanks for the post, though. At least I'm not the only one that's having this issue.
One thing that was really funny was when I spoke with Gateway support about it and asked them as to why: a) they say they don't support 64-bit Vista; b) sell a 64-bit machine expandable to 4 GB RAM when 64-bit is required to utilize the 4 GB RAM; c) I have to use an 'outdated' OS (XP x64) or Linux to take full advantage of a machine they sold as 'Vista-ready.' It was magical - the manner in which they skirted these issues.
I kept the chat log on my external hard drive just for reference and it really is quite humorous. I spoke to tech support over in Windows Tech support. According to them that is a bug they are currently working one. I also have a gateway comp/ and gateway said the same thing. NOw i have another question for you guys. What virus protection software works with vista 64 bit. I've tried mcafee, symantec and even Windows own 'Windows Live One Care' and they only support 32 bit.
How shamefull. Windows doesn't even support their own 64 bit product. Any suggestions??
Thanks, Carlos. Good to see I'm not alone! I just ran into this exact same problem after I decided to take advantage of the recent drop in RAM prices and upgrade from 2GB to 4GB. Also since I recently installed Vista 64 so I thought I'd give it more memory to play around with since it was suppose to make use of it all! My system after upgrading to 4GB just wouldn't boot to Windows. I left it running for at least 10 minutes at one stage and it was at the same point as I left it.
The Windows loading bar moving with the hard disk ocassionally making a noise. Reboot into Safe Mode and is all good with all 4GB reported. So here I am in the same boat with 3326 MB reported in Windows after changing the Msconfig setting.
Got all the latest updates too including giving the KB929777 update a go to no avail. No way to change which ACPI is being used like Shantanu Kaushik suggested. My board is the Intel DG965WH with the latest BIOS and there is no option to change which version of ACPI is being used (as far as I'm aware my board is ACPI 2.0a compliant).
Has anyone tried a clean install with all 4 GB installed? Or is this just an issue when you upgrade to 4 GB? I've tried a clean install with 4GB and Vista will go to the first screen of where is says 'Coyping Files', then upon rebooting itself, it hangs. Flamin Joe - you should contact tech support for your computer and see the ease in which they pass this issue off as a MicroSoft problem. This, of course, assuming the tech support people have been trained in the same manner as Gateway's. I can get Vista x64 to boot and read all 4 GB RAM, but only in Safe Mode, and only after installing with 2GB then throwing in the other sticks after the install is complete.
I've gone from being chapped to now dismayed and embarrassed at how I managed to pour $400 into an operating system that obviously was released in Alpha stage. Vista is a joke.
And I must admit, it is great to see Dell is now offering new computers with XP back on them. And Dell is offering Linux as well. FYI - both of those OS's (64-bit versions) will read all your RAM just fine. Shantanu Kaushik wrote: Hello everyone!! I just got the answer for this problem. You can simly go to bios and in power managementt, set the ACPI ver. To ACPI V2.0 or ACPI v3.0 and windows X64 now detects 4 GB RAM.
Dont set ACPI v3.0 if you have windows Xp 32bit in DUAL BOOT. But you can set it to ACPI v2.0 for both in dual boot. Thats not a problem. My MB Bios has been set to ACPI 2.0 from the word GO. Has not resolved the problem. Thanks for the suggestion though. Still waiting for the software fix.
Also I can view all 4gb in Safe Mode, to run in normal mode I need to set max ram at 3gb. I can't see that as being a 'hardware issue' everything reads the ram correctly except Vista x64 in normal mode.
XP x64 reads all 4gb Fedora x64 reads all 4gb Vista x64 reads all 4gb (in safe mode). (To M$ not OP) Please stop redirecting blame and correct this issue!
Vista was supposed to speed up PC sales all it has done is slowed the average users decision on a new PC due to all its bugs and incompatibility. I guess a moving desktop background is much more important than $500 plus worth of legacy printers and other devices that just will not work with vista. Thanks again! Just installed windows Vista 64bit added to 2gig of ram after I installed windows.so making a total of 4gig but windows only shows 3071mb of ram out of the 4gig.Have upgrade MB to latest bios but still get this problem. AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-60 Dual Core with HyperTransport™ Technology Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate Edition ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe Mainboard 4096MB DDR 400 Memory 1x300gig & 1x400gig Serial ATA Hard Drives 640MB Leadtek 8800GTS PCI LG GBW-H10N 4x Blu Ray Super Multi Rewriter Sony 16x Dual Layer DVD Writer Creative Labs Soundbalster X-Fi Creative Labs I-Trigue 3330 - 2.1 Surround with Subwoofer 1.44MB - 3.5' Floppy Disk Drive. JLH, I've been building my own PC's for more then 10 years now so I've never purchased a ready made PC so I'm my own Tech Support. I was involved in the Vista Beta test (and have been involved in Windows OS testing since Windows 98) so I'm going to provide feedback to Microsoft through those channels in hope that something may come of it.
It's a pity I didn't have 4 GB of RAM at the time of testing or else I would of reported this issue earlier to Microsoft. Perhaps someone has already reported it and they didn't have time to fix or didn't think it to be such an important fix at that stage since not many end users have 4 GB of RAM. But with RAM prices dropping and Vista 64 out (and performing great as far as I'm concerned) this will change. I'll be providing them with a link to this thread so as Creepah suggested, please anyone who is reading this and is experiencing the same issue please post and provide details. I have a similar issue. Vista 64 bit hp will boot and operate ok with 2.1gb sticks installed, as soon as I add a third or forth indentical stick, the system is very slow, areo is jerky FPS in games go out the window. If I use a mixed uch of sticks, 2.1gb, 1.256 and 1.512 totalling 2.75 its rock solid stable, with only single channel mode memory selected.
It seems if I try and reach 3gb vista slows to a crawl, most unpleasant as we need at least 4gb to run games well now days. Think I will try xp 64 as memtest86 confirmed the ram to be good. I think I.may. have found a 'sort of' work around for this issue. I went to 'System config', 'boot' and then 'advanced'.
Here there are some nice options to play with, one of which is how much memory you can tell Vista it has at boot up and how many processors. I set my processors to '2' and ticked the box on the ram. After a restart, windows saw my ram as the 'magic' 2.75 gb and was stable! With the 4 DIMMS populated with 4.1 gb. So I thought, I will increase this a bit, and pushed it up to 3.25 gb, which again is stable, or so far it seems! I may try and push this to 3.5 gb and see how that goes.
This leads me to belive the issue lays once more at the feet of Vista! Cant be driver.