Kulocka Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 i have 8gb of ram in the computer and the computer shuts down when boting into OS X Snow leopard. when i do maxmem=4096 it works perfect, when i put that as a flag it doesnt.....i dont understand, i put it in as <key>Kernel Flags</key> <sting>maxmem=4096</string> and it does not work, neither do the other objects i put, i dont understand what the problem is. i forced it into 64 bit using -force64 during startup, and it had problems non of my programs would open, i would love to use all 8 gb of ram if there is a solution, and also like to get my flags working. can anyone help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dothacker Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 just take 4gb out. if you're using 32-bit, you can't use past 4gb anyways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dellmantt Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 just take 4gb out. if you're using 32-bit, you can't use past 4gb anyways. Are you really sure about that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kulocka Posted November 23, 2010 Author Share Posted November 23, 2010 i really dont wanna take out the other 4...i bought them for a reason, im still using windows as my main OS, but...idk y its not working, i mean its not a big deal if i only use 4, but wuts bother me is that the maxmem=4096 flag is not working for me at all, i have to type it in everytime i boot... but if theres a solution to all this it would be awesome, both my flags dont seem to work, nor does all 8 gbs...and how do i get it to 64bit?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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