512 ram shows 502

umarswat · 01-03-2005, 07:29 AM

i have d915 gav board with kingston 512 mb 400 bus ram but when i

right click on my computer it shows 502mb ram and when i open

direct x it shows 504 ram what should i do

ninja fetus · 01-03-2005, 06:56 AM

try changing the slots they are in, making sure they are seated correctly

mESH · 02-03-2005, 01:48 AM

I've never had a computer acknowledge how much RAM I have had installed. When I had 1024 installed, Windows only recognized 992. This machine which has 512, Windows acknwoledges 507.

ninja fetus · 02-03-2005, 03:31 AM

(windows) 1gig=1024mb. (actual) 1gig=1000mb You lose stuff in conversion

Big B · 02-03-2005, 02:22 PM

If you're using the on-board video, some of the system RAM is allocated for the video RAM, so that could be the reason.

Waffle · 02-03-2005, 04:19 PM

is it cheapo ram/generic?

is whatever version of windows uptodate? possible causes.

gopher · 06-03-2005, 06:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Big B

If you're using the on-board video, some of the system RAM is allocated for the video RAM, so that could be the reason.

and you lose 1-2 meg to shadow the BIOS.
Had an Trigem Imperial board that had on-board vid, at first boot I had 508 meg (2 meg shadow, 2 meg vid) when running graphic intensive ops, mem went down to 446 (64 meg to vid). Went and got a 128meg pci vid card to remedy that.

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ninja fetus I'm a thugged out gangsta Join Date: Mar 2004 Age: 18 Male Posts: 3,525 Times Helpful: 70 Status: Offline My Computer	try changing the slots they are in, making sure they are seated correctly

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mESH Geek Trainee Join Date: Mar 2005 Age: 27 Male Posts: 8 Status: Offline	I've never had a computer acknowledge how much RAM I have had installed. When I had 1024 installed, Windows only recognized 992. This machine which has 512, Windows acknwoledges 507.

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ninja fetus I'm a thugged out gangsta Join Date: Mar 2004 Age: 18 Male Posts: 3,525 Times Helpful: 70 Status: Offline My Computer	(windows) 1gig=1024mb. (actual) 1gig=1000mb You lose stuff in conversion

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Waffle Alpha Geek Join Date: Apr 2004 Age: 20 Male Posts: 2,270 Times Helpful: 51 My Mood: Angelic Status: Offline My Computer	is it cheapo ram/generic? is whatever version of windows uptodate? possible causes.

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