Memory displayed in Vista

[Guest]

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?

 

[Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]]

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

 

[Mike Hall - MS MVP]

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

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/

 

[Rick Rogers]

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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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Guest]

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

 

[Keith]

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.