You have 512MB total RAM installed. Your on-board video adapter
is setup to use 32MB of it, leaving a remainder of 480MB for system
usage. If you were to install a dedicated AGP or PCI video card and =
disable
your on-board video in the BIOS, then the full 512MB of RAM would be
available for system usage.

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| Yes it does,are you saying that 512 is being used by the=20
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| Does your computer have an on-board video chip installed?
| This chip "shares" memory resources with your installed=20
| RAM.
| Open your BIOS and take a peek.
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| | I just installed another stick of 256 ddr memory along=20
| | with the other 256ddr in the machine and restarted the=20
| | machine. When I right click my computer and go to=20
| | properties it says 480mg of memory is present. WHY?
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