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Old 04-03-2008   #3 (permalink)
John Barnes


 
 

Re: Why does 4GB RAM only show as 3GB?

It depends on what is installed on the computer. Video cards with larger
amounts of memory will have smaller shown memory. After SP1 you should see
all of it even though nothing has changed.


"Qu0ll" <Qu0llSixFour@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I know that when using 32-bit Vista you can't expect to see all 4GB of
>installed RAM but I was under the impression that you should see between
>3.1 and 3.5GB. My new Dell Precision laptop has 4GB RAM but only shows
>exactly 3GB. The BIOS reports 4GB.
>
> Is this unusual or indicative of a problem?
>
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