Case of the missing Ram !

[just show me the money!]

I have just upgraded my old pc with another 256k of ram,when I boot
the bios reports as it should 524288k of installed ram,then after the
os has loaded in this case xp home (sp2) if I look at taskmanager it
reports 523828k of ram where is the missing 460K ? and does it matter?

 

[Ron Martell]

I have just upgraded my old pc with another 256k of ram,when I boot
the bios reports as it should 524288k of installed ram,then after the
os has loaded in this case xp home (sp2) if I look at taskmanager it
reports 523828k of ram where is the missing 460K ? and does it matter?

Open Control Panel - System (General tab) and see what is being
reported for RAM in the bottom section of the Window.

That is usually the most accurate report of total RAM from Windows.

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
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