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Missing 64MB of RAM with x1550 PCI
Name: J Leno Date: January 6, 2008 at 22:50:53 Pacific OS: XP CPU/Ram: Cel 2.2/768
Comment:
I just upgraded from a Radeon 9200SE PCI to a Radeon X1550 Pro PCI by Diamond. With the old card I had 768MB of RAM....why do i only have 704 now?
Name: jackbomb Date: January 7, 2008 at 00:39:10 Pacific
Reply:
Did you use the integrated graphics for anything while you were making the switch?
Go to the BIOS (delete, F1, F2, or F10 at bootup, depending on the manufacturer), and make sure that: -'Init Display first' is set to PCI -Disable your onboard graphics, or set its shared memory amount to 0MB.
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Response Number 2
Name: OtheHill Date: January 7, 2008 at 09:35:30 Pacific
Reply:
jack is correct with his accessment of your problem. The only thing I would point out is that I doubt you can set the RAM use at 0MB. 8MB is probably the lowest setting availbale.
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Response Number 3
Name: jam Date: January 7, 2008 at 12:50:55 Pacific
Reply:
Does your X1550 use "Hypermemory"?
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Response Number 4
Name: J Leno Date: January 7, 2008 at 13:43:21 Pacific
Reply:
Thanks Jack. Disabling UMA Shared Memory solved my problem.
Summary: IF you can upgrade to 128 or 256Mb and IF you don't have an intel TX chipset or other that slows after 64Mb of ram, you'll see a performance increase. I consider your 96Mb the minimum to run Win98 wel...
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