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Missing RAM
Name: xXKrZyXRaYXx Date: February 17, 2004 at 17:00:16 Pacific OS: Win XP Home CPU/Ram: P4 2.4 ghz/448 MB
Comment:
I'm supposed to have 512 MB of RAM yet only 448 MB appears. I believe the rest of my RAM may be in my 64 MB video card but I don't know how to get it back. Does anyone know how I can get my 64 MB back?
Name: Hooner Date: February 17, 2004 at 17:05:37 Pacific
Reply:
You can't, it's being "shared" with your on-board video card, the only way to get it back is to buy an AGP video card.
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Response Number 2
Name: Tubesandwires Date: February 18, 2004 at 12:29:50 Pacific
Reply:
Some onboard video shares the ram if it does not have its own onboard video ram. See post near the end of this Mike ....clarify http://www.computing.net/hardware/wwwboard/forum/22578.html
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