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Old December 6th 03, 09:50 PM
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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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Old December 6th 03, 09:50 PM
Nicholas
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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.

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Old December 6th 03, 09:51 PM
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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

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wrote in message:
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| 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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Old December 6th 03, 09:51 PM
Nicholas
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Default 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.

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| Yes it does,are you saying that 512 is being used by the=20
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| -----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.
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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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Old December 6th 03, 09:51 PM
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Default 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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Old December 6th 03, 09:51 PM
Ron Martell
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Default 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


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Microsoft MVP
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http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

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