Physical Address Extension

[TomGibbons]

Eh?

[wallacej]

PAE allows the system to allocate more physical memory to applications, often used on servers

[TomGibbons]

Thanks for that.

Now, I'm pretty sure it wasn't there when I'd first put Windows on it. Any idea what might have put it there, and why?

[wallacej]

have you recently upgraded the processor to a 64 bit one? It is also possible to look at the PAE settings in your BIOS settings

[TomGibbons]

Yeah I do have a 64 bit processor, but once I'd installed Windows on this new system, that Physical Address Extension wasn't there. It was only after I started installing things that it appeared.

[wallacej]

i'm not sure, have you tried searching the net on the subject?

[TomGibbons]

Yep. I've only found out about what it actually is, rather than why it would suddely appear. I'll have a nose around the BIOS when I get home.

Thanks a lot