wrote:

Yes it does,are you saying that 512 is being used by the
system?

In a "shared memory" system with built-in video, a fixed amount of the
installed RAM is used for the video, with the rest being available for the
operating system.

I have exactly the same configuration on my own system - 512 mb of RAM
total, of which 32 mb is used for the built-in video leaving 480 mb for
Windows XP.

Hope this explains the situation.


Good luck


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