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Not showing 512mb of memory
I just installed another stick of 256 ddr memory along
with the other 256ddr in the machine and restarted the machine. When I right click my computer and go to properties it says 480mg of memory is present. WHY? |
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Not showing 512mb of memory
Does your computer have an on-board video chip installed?
This chip "shares" memory resources with your installed RAM. Open your BIOS and take a peek. --=20 Nicholas ----------------------------------------------------------------- wrote in message: ... | 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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Not showing 512mb of memory
Yes it does,are you saying that 512 is being used by the
system? -----Original Message----- Does your computer have an on-board video chip installed? This chip "shares" memory resources with your installed RAM. Open your BIOS and take a peek. -- Nicholas ---------------------------------------------------------- ------- wrote in message: ... | I just installed another stick of 256 ddr memory along | with the other 256ddr in the machine and restarted the | machine. When I right click my computer and go to | properties it says 480mg of memory is present. WHY? . |
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Not showing 512mb of memory
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. --=20 Nicholas -------------------------------------------------------------------------= - wrote in message: ... | Yes it does,are you saying that 512 is being used by the=20 | system? | -----Original Message----- | 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. | | --=20 | Nicholas | | ---------------------------------------------------------- | ------- | | wrote in message: | ... | | | 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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Not showing 512mb of memory
Thanks that's it
-----Original Message----- Does your computer have an on-board video chip installed? This chip "shares" memory resources with your installed RAM. Open your BIOS and take a peek. -- Nicholas ---------------------------------------------------------- ------- wrote in message: ... | I just installed another stick of 256 ddr memory along | with the other 256ddr in the machine and restarted the | machine. When I right click my computer and go to | properties it says 480mg of memory is present. WHY? . |
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Not showing 512mb of memory
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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 Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada -- Microsoft MVP On-Line Help Computer Service http://onlinehelp.bc.ca "The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much." |
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