Re: MEMORY UPGRADE

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It's not that it may even apply in Vista, it does apply in the x86 versions of Vista.

"AIANDAS" <Aiandas@Odysseia$.com> wrote

Sorry I should have written the fact that my graphics card has its own memory. But I think the "Cooler Dude" sent an article which has been an eye opener. Another poster said this may even apply with Vista, i.e., you have 4 gigs yet Windows will show less due to the allocation config etc

"Jim" <j.n@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote

"AIANDAS" <Aiandas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote

Usually the SONY boxes do this but I have a dell
Well, Dell use cards which use shared memory also.
Everybody does. The careful buyers don't buy computers which have such graphics cards.

Jim
"Rich Barry" <rbarry@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote

Just a thought. If you have a onboard graphic chip some of the memory would be diverted there.


"AIANDAS" <Aiandas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote

I have I am running XP SP2 on a dell poweredge 400sc. I used to have 3 gigs of memory and have upgrade it so now it's 4 gigs. The PC Wizard shows I have 4 gigs of memory so does the BIOS. However when I right-click the MY COMPUTER icon it is telling I have 3.62 gigs. Anyone can explain this and do I need to apply a "patch" or something? Thanks.

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