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Can I upgrade to 16GB RAM

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Can I upgrade to 16GB RAM
« on: April 02, 2014, 06:18:08 am »
Hi,

I have a GB P5Q3 mobo which I have been using for a while for Video Editing and it has fine but I would like it to render etc faster.

I use XP Pro SP3 and I have 4GB RAM in it and would like to know if I could update it to 16GB.

My Graphics card is a GB HD4850

My specs are below..

OS Name   Microsoft Windows XP Professional   
Version   5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 Build 2600   
OS Manufacturer   Microsoft Corporation   
System Name   VIDEO   
System Manufacturer   System manufacturer   
System Model   System Product Name   
System Type   X86-based PC   
Processor   x86 Family 6 Model 23 Stepping 10 GenuineIntel ~2700 Mhz   
BIOS Version/Date   American Megatrends Inc. 0609, 8/01/2009   
SMBIOS Version   2.5   
Windows Directory   C:\WINDOWS   
System Directory   C:\WINDOWS\system32   
Boot Device   \Device\HarddiskVolume5   
Locale   Australia   
Hardware Abstraction Layer   Version = "5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413-2111)"   
User Name   VIDEO\David   
Time Zone   Pacific Daylight Time   
Total Physical Memory   4,096.00 MB   
Available Physical Memory   2.24 GB   
Total Virtual Memory   2.00 GB   
Available Virtual Memory   1.90 GB   
Page File Space   5.09 GB   
Page File   C:\pagefile.sys   

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[Memory]

Resource   Device   Status   
0xA0000-0xBFFFF   PCI bus   OK   
0xA0000-0xBFFFF   Intel(R) 4 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port - 2E21   OK   
0xA0000-0xBFFFF   ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series   OK   
0xD0000-0xDFFFF   PCI bus   OK   
0xCFF00000-0xFFFFFFFF   PCI bus   OK   
0xCFF00000-0xFFFFFFFF   Motherboard resources   OK   
0xFE800000-0xFE8FFFFF   Intel(R) 4 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port - 2E21   OK   
0xD0000000-0xDFFFFFFF   Intel(R) 4 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port - 2E21   OK   
0xD0000000-0xDFFFFFFF   ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series   OK   
0xFE8E0000-0xFE8EFFFF   ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series   OK   
0xFE8FC000-0xFE8FFFFF   Microsoft UAA Bus Driver for High Definition Audio   OK   
0xFE7FFC00-0xFE7FFFFF   Intel(R) ICH10 Family USB Enhanced Host Controller - 3A3C   OK   
0xFE7F8000-0xFE7FBFFF   Microsoft UAA Bus Driver for High Definition Audio   OK   
0xFDF00000-0xFDFFFFFF   Intel(R) ICH10 Family PCI Express Root Port 1 - 3A40   OK   
0xFEA00000-0xFEAFFFFF   Intel(R) ICH10 Family PCI Express Root Port 5 - 3A48   OK   
0xFEAFE000-0xFEAFFFFF   JMicron JMB36X Controller   OK   
0xFE900000-0xFE9FFFFF   Intel(R) ICH10 Family PCI Express Root Port 6 - 3A4A   OK   
0xFDE00000-0xFDEFFFFF   Intel(R) ICH10 Family PCI Express Root Port 6 - 3A4A   OK   
0xFE9FF000-0xFE9FFFFF   Realtek RTL8168C(P)/8111C(P) PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC   OK   
0xFDEF0000-0xFDEFFFFF   Realtek RTL8168C(P)/8111C(P) PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC   OK   
0xFE7FF800-0xFE7FFBFF   Intel(R) ICH10 Family USB Enhanced Host Controller - 3A3A   OK   
0xFEBFF800-0xFEBFFFFF   Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller   OK   
0xFEBF8000-0xFEBFBFFF   Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller   OK   
0xFEBFF000-0xFEBFF7FF   VIA OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller   OK   
0xFED08000-0xFED08FFF   Motherboard resources   OK   
0xFED1C000-0xFED1FFFF   Motherboard resources   OK   
0xFED20000-0xFED3FFFF   Motherboard resources   OK   
0xFED50000-0xFED8FFFF   Motherboard resources   OK   
0xFED00000-0xFED003FF   High precision event timer   OK   
0xFFB00000-0xFFBFFFFF   Intel(R) 82802 Firmware Hub Device   OK   
0xFFF00000-0xFFFFFFFF   Intel(R) 82802 Firmware Hub Device   OK   
0xFFC00000-0xFFEFFFFF   Motherboard resources   OK   
0xFEC00000-0xFEC00FFF   Motherboard resources   OK   
0xFEE00000-0xFEE00FFF   Motherboard resources   OK   
0xFE7FF400-0xFE7FF4FF   Intel(R) ICH10 Family SMBus Controller - 3A30   OK   
0xFED14000-0xFED19FFF   System board   OK   
0xE0000000-0xEFFFFFFF   Motherboard resources   OK   
0x0000-0x9FFFF   System board   OK   
0xC0000-0xCFFFF   System board   OK   
0xE0000-0xFFFFF   System board   OK   
0x100000-0xCFEFFFFF   System board   OK   

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[Display]

Item   Value   
Name   ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series   
PNP Device ID   PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_9442&SUBSYS_21B41458&REV_00\4&399D3C6A&0&0008   
Adapter Type   AMD Radeon Graphics Processor (0x9442), Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. compatible   
Adapter Description   ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series   
Adapter RAM   1.00 GB (1,073,741,824 bytes)   
Installed Drivers   ati2dvag.dll   
Driver Version   6.14.10.7267   
INF File   oem16.inf (ati2mtag_R7X section)   
Color Planes   1   
Color Table Entries   4294967296   
Resolution   1024 x 768 x 60 hertz   
Bits/Pixel   32   
Memory Address   0xD0000000-0xDFFFFFFF   
Memory Address   0xFE8E0000-0xFE8EFFFF   
I/O Port   0x0000B000-0x0000BFFF   
IRQ Channel   IRQ 16   
I/O Port   0x000003B0-0x000003BB   
I/O Port   0x000003C0-0x000003DF   
Memory Address   0xA0000-0xBFFFF   
Driver   c:\windows\system32\drivers\ati2mtag.sys (6.14.10.7267, 7.51 MB (7,874,560 bytes), 3/07/2008 11:33 PM)   

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I have the full System info from XP id needed.

Thanks

oz

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Re: Can I upgrade to 16GB RAM
« Reply #1 on: April 02, 2014, 06:48:18 am »
First of all the P5Q3 I think is a Asus board. The 2nd thing is XP is dead in a week. The 3rd thing is that 32bit OS only will support what you have in your computer now 4gb.

Now if you upgrade to a 64 bit OS you might be able to put in the 16gb that you want to run. That board will support up to 16-gbs.

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