Shoutbox

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Originally posted by SonicSam

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Originally posted by lizard.boy

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Originally posted by James Potter
Why upgrade one more GB if it could hold up to two more? 2GB would make greater difference, that is, more recognisable difference than 1GB does, your system could well be a bit fater then.

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However, because of address space issues with 32 bit windows XP, not all 4gb would then be usable, so it's not really worth it unless the ram is dirt cheap.

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PAE...

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Yeah, the Compaq BIOS is going to be a bit hard to overclock. They lock you out deliberately to prevent overclocking.

PAE isn't enabled on XP32. Only the high end versions of Windows Server 2003 support it. The most XP will detect is 4GB - Video memory, although I've never seen it give more than 3.5GB.

I would always recommend 1 if not 2GB on Windows XP now. 4GB if XP-64.

@Mike / JA
I actually have an ASUS motherboard, I never realised that's what the Overclock Failed means. I used to get it randomly, I probably accidentally rebooted and powered off during POST.