PAE does not give any ram increase, why?

[Scott Long]

Artem Kuchin wrote:
> 
>>> the number do not change with or without PAE
>>>
>>> Maybe i look in the wrong place?
>>>
>>
>> I'm not going to waste my time explaining for the hundredth time how
>> the x86 memory layout works.  If you want to recover the missing
>> 256MB, go look in your BIOS for an option about memory hole remapping.
> 
> No need, i know this stuff. Problem is that asus p5p800-vm bios does not
> have such option (no memory remapping support in chipset)
> , so, and simply assumed that  in PAE mode this simply
> does not matter and it will give me whole 4GB. Isn't it so?
> Is it true for 64bit mode (amd64)?
> 

Please check the archives for my numerous discussions on how the memory
layout works on x86.

Scott