amount of RAM your Motherboard can accommodate.Ĭheers.
Or it may be easier for you to download the Crucial Scanner which will tell you what is the matching RAM for your Motherboard and the max. Save all your data and be prepared to reinstall all your 3rd party programs.īut before you attempt it, check with your computer/laptop manufacturer to make sure that they support and supply 64bit drivers for your machine and for the edition of Windows 7 you are licensed for.Īlso check your computer specs to see if you have or can upgrade to at least 4GBs of RAM, as without at least 4GBs of RAM you are wasting your time installing a 64bit version. It requires a clean install of the operating system. If you want to change it, you have to buy it.
OEM licenses are for the bit architecture that they are bought with. Retail Windows 7 licenses can use 32bit or 64bit (but not both at same time) for free. 32bit > 64bit is not done by any upgrade.
