Ram Usage


  1. Posts : 41
    Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
       #1

    Ram Usage


    Greetings,
    My laptop has got 2GB RAM, but only 1.86 GB is usable,
    Why and how could I use it completely?
    thanks ahead
    Kian William
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  2. whs
    Posts : 26,210
    Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
       #2

    1.86GB equals 2GB in binary. Any binary number will show smaller (in this case by 7%) than the corresponding decimal number.
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  3. Posts : 2,497
    Windows 7 Pro 64 bit
       #3

    Most likely the difference is in use by the video system. This is very common in laptops.
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  4. Posts : 20,583
    Win-7-Pro64bit 7-H-Prem-64bit
       #4

    Hi,
    See if there's an upgrade to 3gb's of ram
    64 bit would be best for 4gb's and above
    32bit would do best with 3gb's but would most likely be 4gb's but 32 bit would only see 3gb's or just under that availability
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  5. whs
    Posts : 26,210
    Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
       #5

    Guys, none of your good advice will help the OP. He is merely looking at a math problem. If you never learned to calculate in binary, it will be difficult to understand. Just take my word for it that the OP has absolutely no problem.
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  6. Posts : 20,583
    Win-7-Pro64bit 7-H-Prem-64bit
       #6

    Yep,
    But all I see is a low powered unit with 64 bit on it and 2gb's of ram
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  7. Posts : 41
    Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
    Thread Starter
       #7

    Ram usage.


    Thanks to all of you for the responses, here is what I have found in microsoft website:
    This is expected behavior on computers that are running Windows 7. The reduction in available system memory depends on the configuration of the following:
    The devices that are installed in the computer and the memory that is reserved by those devices
    The ability of the motherboard to handle memory
    The System BIOS version and settings
    The version of Windows 7 that is installed (For example, Windows 7 Starter Edition only supports 2 GB of installed memory.)
    Other system settings
    for a complete details you may go to:
    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/978610
    Kian William Nowrouzian
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  8. Posts : 1,872
    Windows 10 Pro x64, Windows 8.1 Pro x64, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1,
       #8

    whs said:
    Guys, none of your good advice will help the OP. He is merely looking at a math problem. If you never learned to calculate in binary, it will be difficult to understand. Just take my word for it that the OP has absolutely no problem.
    While Hard drives are specified by the manufacturers in Decimal and it is necessary to relate that to binary within the computer, RAM is not specified in decimal.

    2Gbs of RAM is 2GBs, and will show as 2GBs in the computer.

    My guess is some RAM is used by some other function, e.g. graphics.
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  9. Posts : 13,576
    Windows 10 Pro x64
       #9

    As everyone has said, there`s nothing wrong.

    Just up the ram to 4 GB, or as I like to say......

    AddRAM :)
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