Winodws 7 64 Bit & 4GB of Ram


  1. Posts : 36
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit Signature Edition
       #1

    Winodws 7 64 Bit & 4GB of Ram


    Hi guys,

    No doubt you get this all the time, but i have an issue - i ahve tried google and nothing has come up.

    When i bought my laptop it came with 3GB of ram, today i bought a 2GB stick to replace the 1GB... to make it a total of 4GB of ram.

    Now i have installed it and all is good, but in the my computer properties it says 4GB of ram (2.87GB useable) why can't i use all 4 GB of ram????

    I hope you understand what i mean. I am running Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit edition, so i should be able to use all the ram.....

    Hope you guys can help me :) and thanks for all of your help so far :)

    Cheers,

    Cohen
      My Computer


  2. Posts : 28,845
    Win 8 Release candidate 8400
       #2

    Cohen said:
    Hi guys,

    No doubt you get this all the time, but i have an issue - i ahve tried google and nothing has come up.

    When i bought my laptop it came with 3GB of ram, today i bought a 2GB stick to replace the 1GB... to make it a total of 4GB of ram.

    Now i have installed it and all is good, but in the my computer properties it says 4GB of ram (2.87GB useable) why can't i use all 4 GB of ram????

    I hope you understand what i mean. I am running Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit edition, so i should be able to use all the ram.....

    Hope you guys can help me :) and thanks for all of your help so far :)

    Cheers,

    Cohen


    There are several reasons including an integrated video chipset. what does it say in bios? and in task manager?


    Ken J
      My Computer


  3. Posts : 6,857
    Win 7 Ultimate 64-bit SP1 (desktop)
       #3

    Maybe some of that RAM is being used by your graphics card?
      My Computer


  4. Posts : 36
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit Signature Edition
    Thread Starter
       #4

    In the bios it is set to 128MB for the graphics card.... in the Task Manager, it says 2.9GB Total.
      My Computer


 

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