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Windows 7: Weired RAM availability..???
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08 Mar 2010
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Weired RAM availability..???
Hi all...... 
i reinstalled windows the other day on my secondary HDD (dual boot), but ive just now noticed this .. 
''memory remap'' is enabled & ive got the full 8gb accessible on the primary drive..??
any idea where this RAM is hiding.  | My System Specs |
| System Manufacturer/Model Number myself
OS SEVEN x64
CPU Q9450 @ 3.6GHZ 1.34v
Motherboard ASUS P5K PREMIUM P35
Memory 8GB 1066 buffalo firestix @ 1152mhz CL5
Graphics Card Sapphire HD 5970 + GTX260 (physX)
Sound Card Creative X-FI Xtreme Gamer
Monitor(s) Displays SAMSUNG 20'' & SAMSUNG 23'' (dual screens)
Screen Resolution 2048x1152 & 1680x1050
Keyboard LOGITECH E110
Mouse logitech NX5
PSU XCILIO 850w (78A)
Case CM590 1x 120x38mm & 2x92x38mm / 4x 120x25mm
Cooling AC7 PRO @ 92x38mm blower, Lamptron military bus bay controll
Hard Drives 1x seagate 160gb IDE & 1x seagate 160gb SATA
Internet Speed 2MB
Other Info its a continual ''work in progress''....
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08 Mar 2010
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W7x64 Pro, SuSe 12.1/** W7 x64 Pro, XP MCE 6,804 posts Indian Territory |
Perhaps this will explain: Quote: Note When the physical RAM that is installed on a computer equals the address space that is supported by the chipset, the total system memory that is available to the operating system is always less than the physical RAM that is installed. For example, consider a computer that has an Intel 975X chipset that supports 8 GB of address space. If you install 8 GB of RAM, the system memory that is available to the operating system will be reduced by the PCI configuration requirements. In this scenario, PCI configuration requirements reduce the memory that is available to the operating system by an amount that is between approximately 200 MB and approximately 1 GB. The reduction depends on the configuration. 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
Although the article is for Vista, the same would apply for Windows 7. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number DIY
OS W7x64 Pro, SuSe 12.1/** W7 x64 Pro, XP MCE
CPU Phenom II 1090T w/Noctua NH-D14 /**4400+ X2 w/CM Hyper TX 3
Motherboard ASRock 890FX Deluxe 4/**A8N-SLI
Memory 2 x 2GB Patriot PGS34g1600LLKA/**4x1GB Corsair VS
Graphics Card EVGA GTX460 SC/**EVGA 8800GTS
Sound Card Asus Xonar D2X/**Xonar D1
Monitor(s) Displays Acer X233H, Dell E152FPc /**LG M237-WD
Screen Resolution 1920x1080 & 1024x768/**1980x1080
Keyboard Logitech Media USB/**Saitek Eclipse
Mouse Cordless Trackman Wheel/**Ditto
PSU CM RS600 w/ APC BX1000G/**Antec 500 TP w/ APC BX1000
Case HAF922/**Antec 1040IIB
Cooling 3x200mm, 1x140 and 1x120mm/**5x80mm fans
Hard Drives WDC 2TB, 1.5TB, 1TB, 500GB,Seagate 500GB , Maxtor 80GB /**500GB Seagate & WDC 1TB Black
Internet Speed 3.3Mbps
Other Info SB 560 5.1 w/ Sennheiser RS140/**Creative T20 speakers, Dvico FusionHDTV7 Gold RT, Cisco E3000, HP 5510V AIO, Linksys E3000, Belkin F5U237 hub and **F5D8055 adapter
(** = 2nd rig)
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08 Mar 2010
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hmm......strange it has never reported this before..??, all apps up until the reinstall have shown 8192mb.
it could have something to do with the 2nd GPU i added. 
cheers.... | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number myself
OS SEVEN x64
CPU Q9450 @ 3.6GHZ 1.34v
Motherboard ASUS P5K PREMIUM P35
Memory 8GB 1066 buffalo firestix @ 1152mhz CL5
Graphics Card Sapphire HD 5970 + GTX260 (physX)
Sound Card Creative X-FI Xtreme Gamer
Monitor(s) Displays SAMSUNG 20'' & SAMSUNG 23'' (dual screens)
Screen Resolution 2048x1152 & 1680x1050
Keyboard LOGITECH E110
Mouse logitech NX5
PSU XCILIO 850w (78A)
Case CM590 1x 120x38mm & 2x92x38mm / 4x 120x25mm
Cooling AC7 PRO @ 92x38mm blower, Lamptron military bus bay controll
Hard Drives 1x seagate 160gb IDE & 1x seagate 160gb SATA
Internet Speed 2MB
Other Info its a continual ''work in progress''....
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08 Mar 2010
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W7x64 Pro, SuSe 12.1/** W7 x64 Pro, XP MCE 6,804 posts Indian Territory |
Not sure, but on some BIOSs there is an option regarding video shadowing that permits a GPU to share space with the physical ram, but I wouldn't have thought that would be the case with your hardware. However, I just noticed that you have paired an ATI card with an Nvidia card, and I have no idea of what to expect from that. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number DIY
OS W7x64 Pro, SuSe 12.1/** W7 x64 Pro, XP MCE
CPU Phenom II 1090T w/Noctua NH-D14 /**4400+ X2 w/CM Hyper TX 3
Motherboard ASRock 890FX Deluxe 4/**A8N-SLI
Memory 2 x 2GB Patriot PGS34g1600LLKA/**4x1GB Corsair VS
Graphics Card EVGA GTX460 SC/**EVGA 8800GTS
Sound Card Asus Xonar D2X/**Xonar D1
Monitor(s) Displays Acer X233H, Dell E152FPc /**LG M237-WD
Screen Resolution 1920x1080 & 1024x768/**1980x1080
Keyboard Logitech Media USB/**Saitek Eclipse
Mouse Cordless Trackman Wheel/**Ditto
PSU CM RS600 w/ APC BX1000G/**Antec 500 TP w/ APC BX1000
Case HAF922/**Antec 1040IIB
Cooling 3x200mm, 1x140 and 1x120mm/**5x80mm fans
Hard Drives WDC 2TB, 1.5TB, 1TB, 500GB,Seagate 500GB , Maxtor 80GB /**500GB Seagate & WDC 1TB Black
Internet Speed 3.3Mbps
Other Info SB 560 5.1 w/ Sennheiser RS140/**Creative T20 speakers, Dvico FusionHDTV7 Gold RT, Cisco E3000, HP 5510V AIO, Linksys E3000, Belkin F5U237 hub and **F5D8055 adapter
(** = 2nd rig)
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08 Mar 2010
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Windows 7 x64 (SP1) 5,254 posts |
Open Resource Monitor and check out the Physical Memory diagram.
I bet a big portion is Hardware Reserved, most likely the Graphics card. (Notorious with Nvidia) | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Alienware Aurora ALX R4
OS Windows 7 x64 (SP1)
CPU Intel Core i7-3930K (3.2GHz, Turbo 4GHz)
Motherboard Alienware Aurora-R4 x79
Memory 4x Samsung 4GB PC3-12800 DDR3 (16GB 1600MHz)
Graphics Card Nvidia Geforce GTX 690 (Stock)
Sound Card RealTek Integrated Audio
Monitor(s) Displays Dell UltraSharp U3011
Screen Resolution 2560x1600
PSU 875W Some Dell PSU <.<
Hard Drives Samsung P830 256 GB, WD Raptor 150GB, 2x 1TB HDDs
Other Info Dell Inspiron Mini 10v (Intel Atom N270 1.6 GHz; 1GB; Windows 7 Ultimate)
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