Re: Memory question

From	"Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid>
Newsgroups	alt.comp.hardware
Subject	Re: Memory question
Date	2017-02-13 15:51 -0500
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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"VanguardLH" <V@nguard.LH> wrote in message 
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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.

    Is it reported on the system or do I have to open the tower case. I 
don't feel like doing that again right now :(

Bill

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