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Bios changing ram memory

#1 prasath

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Posted 16 November 2010 - 04:17 AM

iam using 1 gb ram but he shown in 1gb(895 mb usable) how to change the ram fully usable 1024mb

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Posted 16 November 2010 - 06:25 AM

I think the most likely cause for this is onboard video reserving 128MB of RAM (some BIOS exclude the 1MB of low memory).

What is the brand and model of the computer or mainboard, and is it actually using onboard video or a discrete video card?

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#3 prasath

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Posted 16 November 2010 - 10:30 AM

AMD sempron processor
Asus motherboard M2N68-AM Plus (AM2)
128MB GeForce 7025 / nForce 630a (ASUStek Computer Inc)inbuild graphics card

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Posted 16 November 2010 - 02:41 PM

The BIOS should report the total amount of memory installed
The system is allocating some for the onboard sound and network

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Posted 16 November 2010 - 09:09 PM

You could fit a video card to the PCIe slot (one which uses its own memory, some cards also share system RAM). Or if you don't need the video to be any better for your purposes, it would probably be less involved and cost less to increase the amount of RAM fitted.

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