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3 GB installed but only 1GB usable.
I just built a new system and decided to try out Windows 7. Everything is just amazing but I do have 1 problem. I have 3 GB memory installed and 7 recognizes this but says only 1GB is usable.
My system is basically.
i7 Quad 920
Gibabyte EX58-UD4P Motherboard
3GB DDR3 Corsair Memory
ATI Radon HD4670 1G DDR3 Graphics Card
Soundblaster Platinum Sound Card
Seagate SATA Barracuda 500GB 7200 RPM HD with drivers from 3/10/09
I am using the Windows 7 RC 7100 with all updates.
I have seen many places here and around that talks about 32bit only using 3 gb ram...I get that but nowhere talking about using less when that much is installed.
I did see something about Video cards using up memory...I thought that was why I bought a 1gb card in the first place..I thought it had its own ram....I don't understand why it uses my memory.
As you can see my memory usage is extremely high because of this and I am afraid of doing anything.
Also, I tried the x64 version and it only used showed 3gb and 2 usable.
Any suggestions?
Thanks for your suggestion..
Grandpa
Last edited by Grandpa Ubu; 30 May 2009 at 18:08. Reason: Forgot my memory specs