Vista - Memory displayed in Vista

I have heard of the problem with 4GB of memory not displaying correctly in
Win Vista. But I have a different problem. My desktop has 1 GB of memory
according to the BIOS, but my vista only display that it has 768 MB. I am
wondering if anyone knows why this is happening? This shouldn't be the same
problem as the 4GB memory display problem. Is it a vista problem or something
is wrong with my machine?

The system memory that is reported in the System Information dialog box in
Windows Vista is less than you expect if 4 GB of RAM is installed:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929605/en-us
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"Daniel" <Daniel@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0BB4434E-5C27-49ED-88EB-889532A5D025@microsoft.com...
>I have heard of the problem with 4GB of memory not displaying correctly in
> Win Vista. But I have a different problem. My desktop has 1 GB of memory
> according to the BIOS, but my vista only display that it has 768 MB. I am
> wondering if anyone knows why this is happening? This shouldn't be the
> same
> problem as the 4GB memory display problem. Is it a vista problem or
> something
> is wrong with my machine?

256mb is most likely being shared with the video card..


"Daniel" <Daniel@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0BB4434E-5C27-49ED-88EB-889532A5D025@microsoft.com...
>I have heard of the problem with 4GB of memory not displaying correctly in
> Win Vista. But I have a different problem. My desktop has 1 GB of memory
> according to the BIOS, but my vista only display that it has 768 MB. I am
> wondering if anyone knows why this is happening? This shouldn't be the
> same
> problem as the 4GB memory display problem. Is it a vista problem or
> something
> is wrong with my machine?

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Mike Hall
MS MVP Windows Shell/User
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Hi,

If your motherboard uses an on-board video adapter, then it is usurping a
portion of the system memory for itself.

What does the startup sequence show for installed memory?

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"Daniel" <Daniel@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0BB4434E-5C27-49ED-88EB-889532A5D025@microsoft.com...
>I have heard of the problem with 4GB of memory not displaying correctly in
> Win Vista. But I have a different problem. My desktop has 1 GB of memory
> according to the BIOS, but my vista only display that it has 768 MB. I am
> wondering if anyone knows why this is happening? This shouldn't be the
> same
> problem as the 4GB memory display problem. Is it a vista problem or
> something
> is wrong with my machine?

Now that I think about it, you are right. Thanks a lot

"Mike Hall - MS MVP" wrote:

> 256mb is most likely being shared with the video card..
>
>
> "Daniel" <Daniel@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:0BB4434E-5C27-49ED-88EB-889532A5D025@microsoft.com...
> >I have heard of the problem with 4GB of memory not displaying correctly in
> > Win Vista. But I have a different problem. My desktop has 1 GB of memory
> > according to the BIOS, but my vista only display that it has 768 MB. I am
> > wondering if anyone knows why this is happening? This shouldn't be the
> > same
> > problem as the 4GB memory display problem. Is it a vista problem or
> > something
> > is wrong with my machine?
>
> --
>
>
> Mike Hall
> MS MVP Windows Shell/User
> http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/
>
>
>
>

Any chance that your computer has shared video memory? This would be most
likely with a laptop and would explain why you are only showing 768 meg of
RAM out of your installed 1 gig.


"Daniel" <Daniel@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0BB4434E-5C27-49ED-88EB-889532A5D025@microsoft.com...
>I have heard of the problem with 4GB of memory not displaying correctly in
> Win Vista. But I have a different problem. My desktop has 1 GB of memory
> according to the BIOS, but my vista only display that it has 768 MB. I am
> wondering if anyone knows why this is happening? This shouldn't be the
> same
> problem as the 4GB memory display problem. Is it a vista problem or
> something
> is wrong with my machine?