Hi, Mike.

How much of your 512 MB RAM is used by your display adapter?

Many laptops have graphics chips that share RAM with the CPU. Check the
manual for your new computer to see if your display adapter has its own RAM,
or uses some of the main system memory.

RC
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R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX

Microsoft Windows MVP

"Mike D" wrote in message
...
My new HP Pavilion zv5240ca laptop came with 512mb RAM (2 256mb cards),
and that's what shows up in the BIOS. Control Panel - System Properties
shows 384mb RAM, and so does Task Manager. Is this a Windows issue or an
HP issue?

OS is XP Home, SP2 with all patches.