I have a DELL E521 computer which came with MS Vista Home Premium OEM and 2
GB of memory installed and I want to add 2 GB more.
My question :
Do I have to call the Microsoft "India" vista activation center, because I
add more memory?
**The reason why I say "India", is because I always get someone from India
and you can't understand what there saying with the numbers there telling
you over the phone to enter in the boxes. I rather get someone I can
understand in texas or somewhere in the USA.
"Ted F" <freesky2@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message news:9AF48889-47DD-443E-87B6-BDAC9EBB22F9@microsoft.com...
I got a simple question...
I have a DELL E521 computer which came with MS Vista Home Premium OEM and 2
GB of memory installed and I want to add 2 GB more.
My question :
Do I have to call the Microsoft "India" vista activation center, because I
add more memory?
**The reason why I say "India", is because I always get someone from India
and you can't understand what there saying with the numbers there telling
you over the phone to enter in the boxes. I rather get someone I can
understand in texas or somewhere in the USA.
"Ted F" <freesky2@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:9AF48889-47DD-443E-87B6-BDAC9EBB22F9@microsoft.com...
> I got a simple question...
>
> I have a DELL E521 computer which came with MS Vista Home Premium OEM and
> 2 GB of memory installed and I want to add 2 GB more.
>
>
> My question :
>
> Do I have to call the Microsoft "India" vista activation center, because I
> add more memory?
>
>
> **The reason why I say "India", is because I always get someone from India
> and you can't understand what there saying with the numbers there telling
> you over the phone to enter in the boxes. I rather get someone I can
> understand in texas or somewhere in the USA.
I moved the same RAM around in the slots to enable the dual channel
capability and had to reactivate.
So without even 'adding' anything, I had to reactivate.
Your mileage may vary!
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"Ted F" <freesky2@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:9AF48889-47DD-443E-87B6-BDAC9EBB22F9@microsoft.com...
>I got a simple question...
>
> I have a DELL E521 computer which came with MS Vista Home Premium OEM and
> 2 GB of memory installed and I want to add 2 GB more.
>
>
> My question :
>
> Do I have to call the Microsoft "India" vista activation center, because I
> add more memory?
>
>
> **The reason why I say "India", is because I always get someone from India
> and you can't understand what there saying with the numbers there telling
> you over the phone to enter in the boxes. I rather get someone I can
> understand in texas or somewhere in the USA.
On 3/13/2008, I installed the extra memory with no problem and also no vista
activation was required.
To recap, I replaced all four 512 MB (DDR2 533) memory sticks which was only
2 GB to four 1 GB (DDR2 667) which now gives me 4 GB (Really 3325 GB in Vista)
Thanks!
"Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:
> Installing additional RAM should not affect your current
> Windows Vista activation status.
>
> --
> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Shell/User
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
> "Ted F" <freesky2@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message news:9AF48889-47DD-443E-87B6-BDAC9EBB22F9@microsoft.com...
> I got a simple question...
>
> I have a DELL E521 computer which came with MS Vista Home Premium OEM and 2
> GB of memory installed and I want to add 2 GB more.
>
>
> My question :
>
> Do I have to call the Microsoft "India" vista activation center, because I
> add more memory?
>
>
> **The reason why I say "India", is because I always get someone from India
> and you can't understand what there saying with the numbers there telling
> you over the phone to enter in the boxes. I rather get someone I can
> understand in texas or somewhere in the USA.
>
>
tedjf1;647235 Wrote:
> Just to you and everybody know.
>
> On 3/13/2008, I installed the extra memory with no problem and also no
> vista
> activation was required.
>
> To recap, I replaced all four 512 MB (DDR2 533) memory sticks which was
> only
> 2 GB to four 1 GB (DDR2 667) which now gives me 4 GB (Really 3325 GB in
> Vista)
>
> Thanks!
Actually, it's not Vista that limits you to 3325MB of memory. It is
various hardware devices on your motherboard that is using up that
deficit of 771MB.
The only reason why you never noticed it before is because those same
hardware devices mapped their memory addresses to the upper limits of
the 4096MB mark, and you only previously had 2GB. Now that you have a
physical 4GB installed, you have the hardware and your memory
overlapping, and the BIOS gives preference to the hardware devices,
which is why Vista only has 3325 system memory. This would hold true in
ANY operating system.
The memory mappings happen on a hardware level, even before the OS gets
loaded.
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