Ram

ritesh · 24 Jul 2010

I have 3.00GB installed in my computer and I only get 2.30GB.

Why??

Note

This is my new computer and I don't want to modify anything

Please help.

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zigzag3143 · 24 Jul 2010

ritesh said:

I have 3.00GB installed in my computer and I only get 2.30GB.

Why??

Note

This is my new computer and I don't want to modify anything

Please help.

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Probably your video card and maybe page file.

Arc · 24 Jul 2010

HDD cache, CPU cache, Video card, etc got the rest .

ritesh · 24 Jul 2010

Arc said:

HDD cache, CPU cache, Video card, etc got the rest .

Is there anyway to clear it?

Arc · 24 Jul 2010

ritesh said:

Is there anyway to clear it?

Probably not . 32 bit system shows less usable ram, normally.

housry23 · 24 Jul 2010

Try using 64-bit Win 7. Your 32-bit key will work for 64-bit as long as they are not installed at the same time. If it still shows the same thing in 64-bit then it is probably your video card's shared memory. 64-bit reserves less RAM for hardware than 32-bit.

whs · 24 Jul 2010

Go to Resource Monitor > Memory tab and look at the color bar. That will tell you how much is system reserved (the leftmost grey area). Once we know that, we can explore for what it is used.

Arc · 24 Jul 2010

housry23 said:

Try using 64-bit Win 7. Your 32-bit key will work for 64-bit as long as they are not installed at the same time. If it still shows the same thing in 64-bit then it is probably your video card's shared memory. 64-bit reserves less RAM for hardware than 32-bit.

Good point

Upgrading to 64 bit os should reduce unusable ram quantity, provided the GPU is not sharing memory.

whs · 24 Jul 2010

housry23 said:

Try using 64-bit Win 7. Your 32-bit key will work for 64-bit as long as they are not installed at the same time. If it still shows the same thing in 64-bit then it is probably your video card's shared memory. 64-bit reserves less RAM for hardware than 32-bit.

I do not think 64bit will help. Since he has only 3GBs, there should not be an address space problem. He has something (e.g. graphics) using real memory.

pparks1 · 24 Jul 2010

whs said:

I do not think 64bit will help. Since he has only 3GBs, there should not be an address space problem. He has something (e.g. graphics) using real memory.

Agreed. It's most likely his video card and such sharing system memory.