Do I need a new PS?

Calibretto

Calibretto

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Ok well I have the older model of the HP Pavilion 540n. It's supposed to have 40GB hard drive and 256MB of RAM. But when I click on properties of My Computer, it says I have 32.9GB of hard drive and 224MB of RAM. I talked to a guy about and he says it's my Power Supply and I need to get one with more wattage. Any help?
 
32.9 gigs? probalby you used some of the space and you have system restore turned on. 224 megs of ram you probably have integrated video that uses some ram. New PSU? I don't think so.
 
if you have a 40gb harddrive, it doesn't automatically give you 40gb, it's partioned, which loses some space, and then you have to incorporate the space of Windows as well....so that almost sounds right. Programs...there...dont forget about programs....or just the partition.
 
It doesn't sound like you need a new PSU. like every one else said your programs and windows and partioning all take space. I don't think you need a new PSU i don't see how more power would give you more space on your hard drive. i mean i have a 250gb drive and after partioning i only have about 233gb.
 
well 256 minus 244 = 32. So im guessing you have 32Mb onboard graphics. On average, after formatting, you get 93% of the stated drive capacity, which i calculate to be 37.2Gb. As others have stated, you may well have system restor turned on and hybernation features eat into disk space aswell.

I thinhk the guy who told you, you need a new PSU is talking bollocks and really needs to get a grip on PC's, theres no way in hell a dodgy PSU could cause the so stated "problems"

Everything is normal in you PC, dragon2309
 
yup yup. One of my friends told me that I wasn't getting all my harddrive and memory because not enough power was getting into my PC. So he told me to get a new PS. but now I think we got it cleared up. Good thing I didn't buy one.
 
the memory thing, just like stated earlier, appears to be shared memory with ure video "card"

as for the hard drive, you have been mislead by the HDD manufacturers, all of them.

In calculating drive geometry, there are two different ways, either binary, or decimal. the HDD manufacturers do it in decimal, which gives larger numbers, where as everyone else in the world, including OS makers, etc, use the binary system, which only make more sense. decimal is only good for estimating really.

in the end they make a kilobyte equal to 1000bytes (decimal), where as everyone else makes it 1024bytes (binary). so with that, you lose 24 bytes per KB, the difference between binary and decimal. of course, the larger the drive gets, the larger the difference. Imagine, at a gigabyte, that is a difference of 24MB! and at a terabyte, that is 24GB!

do the math, you will find it to be true ;)
 
just cause something is labled as 40gb, 200gb, 256mb, doesnt mean its actually that size. My 200gb hard drive is really only around 185gb, and my 512mb flash drive is around 480mb. I believe its because of the way the file system is setup.

And since you have an HP, you probably have a partition for your restore discs. ANd dragon is most likely right about you having onboard graphics.
 
alright. thanx guys. I got a Kingston 512MB stick coming in the mail soon so hopefully that will speed up my PC a bit.
 
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