Re: Memory question

From	VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH>
Newsgroups	alt.comp.hardware
Subject	Re: Memory question
Date	2017-02-13 13:55 -0600
Organization	Usenet Elder
Message-ID	<egeha2F85nhU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
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Bill Cunningham wrote:

> I have put a new memory stick into my XP x64. I removed two 512 MB
> sticks. This new one is 1024 MB. Why would my system still be saying
> I have 896 MB of ram? Do I need to do something in BIOS? When I had a
> 1024 and a 512 MB in there it was showing I had 1.3 GB of ram.

You sure you are NOT using onboard video instead of a video
daughtercard?  Onboard video has to get some RAM from somewhere so it
steals it from system RAM.  Looks like you are using onboard video and
it is stealing 128MB for its special use.

You might be able to alter the amount the onboard video steals from
system RAM using a BIOS/UEFI setting.  The more RAM you allocate to the
onboard video then the better the video chipset will perform.  Of
course, that means less system RAM for use by the OS and applications.

Here's some example articles (of MANY you can find in an online search):

http://www.pvladov.com/2013/10/increase-intel-hd-graphics-dedicated-video-memory.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shared_graphics_memory

Don't know what mobo you have since you didn't give any hardware
details.

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  Re: Memory question VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2017-02-13 13:55 -0600
    Re: Memory question "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2017-02-13 15:51 -0500
      Re: Memory question VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2017-02-13 20:02 -0600
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