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Old 12-15-2007, 12:18 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Maybe someone here can give me some insight into this. I just installed "cpu-z" on my computer and while going through the memory info. it says that I have 512 MBytes of SDRam, which I do, but in the slots it says different.
Slot 1 - 256 MBytes
Slot 2 - 64 MBytes
Slot 3 - 64 MBytes
Is this normal? Where's the other 128 MBytes?
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Old 12-15-2007, 12:25 AM   #2 (permalink)
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do you have an onboard graphics? chances are your onboard graphics is allocating 128mb of your ram...pls post your specs,
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do you have an onboard graphics? chances are your onboard graphics is allocating 128mb of your ram...pls post your specs,
Actually, I have a video card, albeit is rather dated. It's an Nvidia Geforce2 MX/MX400 with 32Mb of ram.
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hmmm,...try uninstalling your ram, clean the metal conductors using a rubber eraser, an place it on a different slot,...
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do you have an onboard graphics? chances are your onboard graphics is allocating 128mb of your ram...pls post your specs,
It would still recognize the RAM, though, I would think. CPUZ doesn't tell you what's available to use, it simply tells you what you have.

Hmm...I agree, pull out all the RAM and make sure it's properly re-seated.

Odd indeed.
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Maybe someone here can give me some insight into this. I just installed "cpu-z" on my computer and while going through the memory info. it says that I have 512 MBytes of SDRam, which I do, but in the slots it says different.
Slot 1 - 256 MBytes
Slot 2 - 64 MBytes
Slot 3 - 64 MBytes
Is this normal? Where's the other 128 MBytes?
How much does the bios say you have when you boot up and how much does it say in the Control Panel under System
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How much does the bios say you have when you boot up and how much does it say in the Control Panel under System
System properties(general tab) and bios both say 512MBytes. However msinfo32 states that there is only 384MBytes of total physical memory and only 227.33 physical memory available.
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