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[Ram: Less usable than installed?]

Discussion in 'Windows 7' started by Ziggy333, 2010/05/11.

  1. 2010/05/11
    Ziggy333

    Ziggy333 Inactive Thread Starter

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    W7 32, It shows I have 4gb of ramm but only 2.94 usable

    Why is this and is their a way to get it to use 4gb ?
     
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  2. 2010/05/11
    broni

    broni Moderator Malware Analyst

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  4. 2010/05/12
    PeteC

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    Additionally, if you have an onboard graphics chip as opposed to a plug in card some of the RAM will be assigned to that.
     
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  5. 2010/05/12
    wildfire

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    The jist is you are.

    Would you like your automobile with 400Hp sir or would you prefer 300 with a steering wheel ;)
     
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  6. 2010/05/14
    MadhurjyaBora

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    This happens because the memory mapped devices like PCI cards, graphics cards etc. reserves the memory at boot.

    But you can give this a shot:

    Open up a Administrative command prompt and type the following command, hit enter and reboot the system, check how it goes.

    BCDEdit /set PAE forceenable

    Thanks,

    Madhurjya
     
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