memory problem

[The_Pittmans]

I have a friend who has a new laptop that is supposed to have 256 M of RAM.
It shows up as 192. Is it a problem with the stick or is it a laptop thing
that all the memory doesn't show up?

Thanks
~Patty Pittman

 

[Pen]

Post the make and model and maybe someone can help you
in more detail. Also how is the memory installed, 1 SODIMM, or 2.
It's one of 2 things most likely. Bad/incorrect memory or
it has 64MB of integrated video and it doesn't count it,
which in my experience is unlikely.

 

[Cari]

Is the video ram shared? If so, 64mb of system ram is probably allocated to
the graphcs card

 

[Miss Perspicacia Tick]

I have a friend who has a new laptop that is supposed to have 256 M
of RAM. It shows up as 192. Is it a problem with the stick or is it a
laptop thing that all the memory doesn't show up?

Thanks
~Patty Pittman

The answer's simple. The laptop has an on-board graphics chip that has
'stolen' 64MB of the system RAM.