installed physical memory vs total physical memory

J

jspencer

New Member
Can anyone tell me if this looks normal for Windows Vista 64? I have 8 gigs of installed memory but only 4 gigs of total memory. I checked Bios and I do not see an option to change my RAM. This is what I found in MSCONFIG:

Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 8.00 GB
Total Physical Memory 4.00 GB
Available Physical Memory 6.47 GB
Total Virtual Memory 16.0 GB
Available Virtual Memory 14.4 GB

system properties:
Processor: Intel(R) CORE(TM)2 Extreme CPU X9650 @ 3.00 GHz 3.00 GHz

Rating: 5.9
Memory (RAM): 8.00GB
System Type: 64-bit Operating System

I am using 64 bit vista ultimate

Thanks
 

My Computer

System One

well do you have a seperate video card or is it on board? if it is on board it will use some of your ram for video. some for sound.

but it still looks a little low to me.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    CUSTOM BUILT BY ME
    CPU
    AMD PHENOM II X3 710 2.6GHZ Overclocked to 3.25GHZ Stable
    Motherboard
    Ecs Gf8200a Phenom-2 X4 Quad Core Mboard
    Memory
    8BG PC5300 4 x 2GB OCZ
    Graphics Card(s)
    PCI-E ATI HD 4670 1GB Overclocked 4GB Total
    Sound Card
    Onboard 7.1 HD AUDIO
    Monitor(s) Displays
    55" Vizio LCD
    Screen Resolution
    1600 x 1200 HD
    Hard Drives
    1TB Seagate, 1TB Hitachi, 250GB Maxtor, 250GB Seagate
    PSU
    Kingwin ABT-610MM Maximum Power 610 Watt ATX 12V
    Case
    GENERIC
    Cooling
    Zalman CNPS7500-AlCu LED Universal CPU Cooler, 4 CASE FANS
    Keyboard
    MICROSOFT WIRELESS KEYBOARD
    Mouse
    MICROSOFT WIRELESS MOUSE
    Internet Speed
    CABLE 15MBPS
Thanks for the reply.

I am using a ge force 9800 gx2. I am concerned because my installed memory is lower than total memory. It seems Windows is seeing the memory, but for some reason only using 4 of the 8 gigs. I am not sure why available is showing 6 gigs if total memory only equals 4. :confused:
 

My Computer

System One

not sure will see what i can find.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    CUSTOM BUILT BY ME
    CPU
    AMD PHENOM II X3 710 2.6GHZ Overclocked to 3.25GHZ Stable
    Motherboard
    Ecs Gf8200a Phenom-2 X4 Quad Core Mboard
    Memory
    8BG PC5300 4 x 2GB OCZ
    Graphics Card(s)
    PCI-E ATI HD 4670 1GB Overclocked 4GB Total
    Sound Card
    Onboard 7.1 HD AUDIO
    Monitor(s) Displays
    55" Vizio LCD
    Screen Resolution
    1600 x 1200 HD
    Hard Drives
    1TB Seagate, 1TB Hitachi, 250GB Maxtor, 250GB Seagate
    PSU
    Kingwin ABT-610MM Maximum Power 610 Watt ATX 12V
    Case
    GENERIC
    Cooling
    Zalman CNPS7500-AlCu LED Universal CPU Cooler, 4 CASE FANS
    Keyboard
    MICROSOFT WIRELESS KEYBOARD
    Mouse
    MICROSOFT WIRELESS MOUSE
    Internet Speed
    CABLE 15MBPS
I've got 8gig at home and msconfig.exe does the same to me. Even when I run the 64bit version.

Best advice: Ignore it, and instead pay attention to what you see reported in the Task Manager. Msconfig.exe is probably making some sort of legacy API call for the "Total Memory" field, which will never report more than 4gig.

The "Available Memory" field in msconfig.exe is nothing more than the amount of unused memory. The same thing you'd see in the "free" field of the Task Manager.


12173211.png
 

My Computer

System One

Itwally, Thanks a lot.

That makes sense, I was hoping it was something that simple. My task manager looks just like yours so it should be OK.


Fadedrs,

Thanks for looking into this for me as well. If you run in to anything that could shed anymore light on this please let me know.
 

My Computer

System One

Itwally,

I just got home and am looking at my Performance. I don't have much running but I show I have only 31 MB free and 7116 cached. I see you have over 4000 free. Do I need to do any tweeking to get my system in line? I am very new to troubleshooting and don't know much about different memory types. This is what mine looks like now:

Total 8189
Cached 7093
Free 20

cpu usage is at 0% Memory usage is at 1.50 gb
 

My Computer

System One

Vista includes the Superfetch service, which works as an aggressive caching system. The memory used by the superfetch goes under the heading of "cached". So, a heavy cache is a good thing. It means that your system memory is being put to use, even when you're idle.
 

My Computer

System One

jspencer, you worry too much. Everything on your system looks quite normal - it actually looks superb.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell
    CPU
    Q6600
    Memory
    4GB
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HP w2207h
    Hard Drives
    2x250GB HDDs
    1x60GB OCZ SSD
    6 external disks 60 to 640GBs
    Other Info
    Also 1xHP desktop, 1xHP laptop, 1xGateway laptop
Thanks, yeah I agree that I got a little worried. I have never made any hardware changes before and just recently got a new hard drive, added 4 gigs of memory and installed Vista 64. I was worried that since I did it myself something had to be set wrong. Guess it seemed too easy :shock: Thanks for all of the help!
 

My Computer

System One

You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top