Memory available only 1.7 Gig?

Ok here is the deal, I have 4 Gigs RAM onboard. Dell 9100 with Pentium D processor. One of the reasons I upgraded from CS to CS2 is so I can supposedly gain access to all of the memory that I have on board, or at least up to the 3.5 Gig limit in CS2. Problem, I still only have access to the same 1.7+ Gigs I had reported available by CS. Anyone have any suggestions as to what I need to do to get access to this additional memory? Is this a Photoshop setup issue or do I need to change some setting in Windows to allow CS2 to access this memory or is this an issue related to the dual processor chip. As best as I can tell from Windows, at startup windows is using about 500 Megs of available memory as far as I can tell, so I should have right near the 3.5 Gigs memory available for CS2 use.

Any comments or suggestions greatly appreciated.

Later Larry

Ok here is the deal, I have 4 Gigs RAM onboard. Dell 9100 with Pentium D processor. One of the reasons I upgraded from CS to CS2 is so I can supposedly gain access to all of the memory that I have on board, or at least up to the 3.5 Gig limit in CS2. Problem, I still only have access to the same 1.7+ Gigs I had reported available by CS. Anyone have any suggestions as to what I need to do to get access to this additional memory? Is this a Photoshop setup issue or do I need to change some setting in Windows to allow CS2 to access this memory or is this an issue related to the dual processor chip. As best as I can tell from Windows, at startup windows is using about 500 Megs of available memory as far as I can tell, so I should have right near the 3.5 Gigs memory available for CS2 use.
Any comments or suggestions greatly appreciated.

Later Larry

Windows XP only supports 2 Gigs of RAM. You need to change to a 64 bit operating system to access more. Photoshop CS2 will access about 3.5 Gigs of RAM in Windows XP 64.

I hope this helps,

Mike

On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 22:46:30 -0500, "Larry Heath" wrote:

Ok here is the deal, I have 4 Gigs RAM onboard. Dell 9100 with Pentium D processor. One of the reasons I upgraded from CS to CS2 is so I can supposedly gain access to all of the memory that I have on board, or at least up to the 3.5 Gig limit in CS2. Problem, I still only have access to the same 1.7+ Gigs I had reported available by CS. Anyone have any suggestions as to what I need to do to get access to this additional memory?
Is this a Photoshop setup issue or do I need to change some setting in Windows to allow CS2 to access this memory or is this an issue related to the dual processor chip. As best as I can tell from Windows, at startup windows is using about 500 Megs of available memory as far as I can tell, so
I should have right near the 3.5 Gigs memory available for CS2 use.
Any comments or suggestions greatly appreciated.

Later Larry

XP Pro will do 3 gigs, of which 2 can be used in CS2 if you use the /3GB switch in boot.ini .

On Apr 19, 9:03 pm, "Mike Russell" <
MOVE> wrote:

XP Pro will do 3 gigs, of which 2 can be used in CS2 if you use the /3GB switch in boot.ini .

That’s what I thought too… however on the desktop I use here at this clients office, CS2 can also only see 1.7Gb of the 3Gb available. And the /3GB option is set.

PhotoShop on my Mac at home sees 3Gb of the 4Gb installed without problem. Strange.