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Actual Ram does not show...
Name: ED ZONER Date: September 9, 2006 at 14:33:14 Pacific OS: XP Home CPU/Ram: 256/2.4 Product: HP
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Greetings! I know I have seen this before, but, This HP only reflects 224 Ram instead of it's actual 256. I added a 64 mb stick of Ram, and that only brought it to 288! Wheres My 32 mb of Ram? Thanks.....-ez
Name: steigrafx Date: September 9, 2006 at 14:39:44 Pacific
Reply:
Do you have an integrated video card? Then it's probably being allocated to video.
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Response Number 2
Name: ED ZONER Date: September 9, 2006 at 14:45:54 Pacific
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It has the "card" flash slots.......
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Response Number 3
Name: Social Engineer Date: September 9, 2006 at 14:46:35 Pacific
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You system probably has what is called "shared video." This is when the manufacturer tries to save money by not install a physical video card to save money. Instead, they use a video card that is built into the motherboard. This onboard video gets the ram it needs by sharing your system ram.
In your case, your onboard video is using 32 mb of your system ram. I hope this helped to explain what's going on.
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Response Number 4
Name: ED ZONER Date: September 9, 2006 at 14:48:50 Pacific
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Can I disarm this, it's never used, to regain the 32 mb ram?
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Response Number 5
Name: mattie Date: September 9, 2006 at 14:50:02 Pacific
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shared video memory.
usually the size can be changed in the bios.
you can also add a agp or pci video card to your system (depending on your mobo), this way you will have better ggraphics performance AND all ram available for your system.
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Response Number 6
Name: ham30 Date: September 9, 2006 at 14:55:51 Pacific
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Your video adapter uses it to do it's job. It's best to leave it alone.
Do yourself a favor BACKUP!
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Response Number 7
Name: Social Engineer Date: September 9, 2006 at 15:03:27 Pacific
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Yes, you can disable the onboard video in the bios. However, you will have to install a different video card with its own video memory. This is a good idea because it will increase your system performance, especially when playing games.
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