Ok, well, yes, I just had my first run in with a problem with Vista and 4GB of ram. But I did manage to solve it. I recently purchased a Dell Latitude D630 laptop for work and school. I ordered it with the minimum configuration on the part of ram with 512MB. I then ordered 4GB (2 sticks of DDR667) of ram.Everything arrived fine, I installed the ram which is very simple. With a D630 it involves talking off the keyboard to insert the first stick and then to install the second stick you just have to remove the back panel. I stuck in a Microsoft Windows Vista 64bit version and started the install. Everything went fine, Vista installed rather fast so I was really happy at this point. It rebooted after successful install, was loading into windows and then blue screened. I was devastated lol. However, my faithful friend Google saved me once again from hours of work. I think it was about the 3rd or 4th link I tried I stumbled across an optional update from Microsoft http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929777 which was suppose to fix the problem with 64 bit OS and more than 3GB of ram installed. So I remove one stick of ram, booted up into windows fine, installed the small patch, restarted, stuck additional stick back in and yay! it didn’t blue screen going into windows. If you ask me, this update should be part of the Vista install, and maybe down the road it will be. If you are having trouble with Vista and 4GB of ram, try the patch. It worked for me, I hope it helps you.


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