Richard Urban

Unless "you" have allocated RAM to be used as video RAM in your bios, there
is nothing you can do.

It is the way 32 bit hardware and software (the operating system) use the
RAM. Some M/B's and chipsets allocate more than others to be used
specifically for the system. This RAM, though used by the system, is not
available for use by installed programs.

People who use 4 gig of RAM with 32 bit Windows typically see approximately
2.8 gig to about 3.5 gig available for programs. This includes the system
information type programs that show you installed RAM.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
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If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

"Dave Parker" <dtparker@fuse.net> wrote in message
news:uTPXTDuWHHA.488@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> I've got 4gb ram in my machine but Control Panel > System indicates 2814
> mb. I realize in 32-bit that I lose some address space, but this seems a
> little silly esp. with a 512mb video card. How do I troubleshoot this?
>
> thanks,
> Dave
>