Can HP AMD Turion 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-64 run Windows 7 64 bit?

On Sun, 16 Sep 2012 07:24:29 +0000, javenmoore wrote:

I'm currently running 32 bit Windows 7 ultimate on my HP 6715b
I notice the "64"s in the name but wasn't sure if that meant anything or not.

It means your hardware is 64-bit. Therefore it can run either 32-bit
Windows or 64-bit Windows.

I put 4 GB of RAM in the laptop earlier(originally only had 1GB) but it seems because of 32 bit it only read 2.87 of it.

All 32-bit client versions of Windows (not just XP/Vista/7) have a 4GB
address space (64-bit versions can use much more). That's the
theoretical upper limit beyond which you can not go.

But you can't use the entire  address space. Even though you have a
4GB address space, you can only use around 3.1GB of RAM. That's
because some of that space is used by hardware and is not available to
the operating system and applications. The amount you can
use varies, depending on what hardware you have installed, but can
range from as little as 2GB to as much as 3.5GB. It's usually around
3.1GB. With your hardware, you are slightly under that average.

Note that the hardware is using the address space, not the actual
RAM itself. If you have a greater amount of RAM, the rest of the RAM
goes unused because there is no address space to map it to.

Would I get the same from 64 bit? (if able to run) or could i get most of the 4gb then?

You would get the entire 4GB. Would that improve your performance? It
depends on what apps you run, but for many people it would not.

Would I have issue running 64 bit? (provided that i can anyway)

Yes, you can

This laptop afterall was made before Windows 7 even came out (manufactured with Vista Home Basic)

You should make sure that 64-bit Windows 7 drivers are available for
all your hardware. Check on HP's web site.

Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP

Well first of unless you purchased a retail version of win, which would have included both win bit versions, you cannot change to 64bit win (which would require a clean install)

A 64 bit version of win will not see/utilise any more ram than you have allready installed.

2.87 ram is available because the rest is being used by the system, eg graphics & hardware.

Unless your laptop model supports more than 4gb you cannot install more

There is no visible performance increase by using a 64bit version of win, its simply that 64bit supports more ram, and unless the programs you run can utilise any extra ram, their performance will not change