RAM size - 2nd opinion please

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Greg Lewin

Hi All,

I've just built a pc with 1 RAM stick, nominally 1
gigabyte.

Evry measure of the RAM size, by every sort of utility,
including memtest, shows a size of 960 M.

It seems to me I should be seeing the advertised 1024 M.

I just wanted to ask for other peoples' opinions before
I front up to the vendor - what do you think?

thanks,

Greg
 
Greg Lewin said:
Hi All,

I've just built a pc with 1 RAM stick, nominally 1 gigabyte.

Evry measure of the RAM size, by every sort of utility, including memtest,
shows a size of 960 M.

It seems to me I should be seeing the advertised 1024 M.

I just wanted to ask for other peoples' opinions before I front up to the
vendor - what do you think?

thanks,

Greg
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It's normal. Your onboard video card is using 64MB of your RAM.

Cody
 
Cody said:
It's normal. Your onboard video card is using 64MB of your RAM.

Cody
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doh!

Yes, that's probably the reason - memtest shows no
errors 15 hrs on, so it's probably ok

many thanks for saving me the embarrassment!

Greg
 
doh!

Yes, that's probably the reason - memtest shows no errors 15 hrs on, so
it's probably ok

many thanks for saving me the embarrassment!

Greg
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You're welcome.

Cody
 
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