RAM

[Nick O'Tyme]

Hi All

I have a new PC with Vista installed. The PC has 4 Gb of RAM installed but
Task Manager only shows 2812 Mb. Does this mean I have 1 Gb of memory I'm
not using?

If so, how do I utilise it all?

TIA

cheers

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

Hi All

I have a new PC with Vista installed. The PC has 4 Gb of RAM installed but
Task Manager only shows 2812 Mb. Does this mean I have 1 Gb of memory I'm
not using?

If so, how do I utilise it all?

TIA

cheers

If you have 32bit Vista then you will not utilise all 4GB for user programs
with Windows. The computer has set some aside for memory-mapped IO for
devices like the video adaptor and such. What you are seeing is the ram
available for user programs. I have seen variances of between 2.2GB to
3.5GB using 32bit Windows on various computers. Nothing is broken. 64bit
Vista works a little differently and you would see 4GB for user programs but
you never will with 32bit. The 1.2GB is in use but just not by you.

 

[Nick O'Tyme]

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(929605) 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

(964003) Windows Vista SP1 will report
4 GB of system memory (RAM) on systems
that have 4 GB of memory installed
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946003/

Thanks for the replies John and Colin. Sys Info reports 4 Gb. It's just that
Task Manager wasn't. Now I know why.

Thanks again.

cheers