Solved Windows 7 Error Memory2.5Gb Ram

[LegendAndy]

I have a laptop with win 7 installed. The problem is that win 7 see only 2.5 Gb ram
instead of 3 Gb (real).
So, please give me a helping hand in order to solve this problem.

 

[yowanvista]

Do you have any onboard graphic card?
You can enable 'Memory Remap' in your BIOS if it is listed

 

[LegendAndy]

Yes i have a Graphic Card nVidia GeForce Gt 420M.
The option memory remap is not listed in my bios.

 

[yowanvista]

Then the 0.5GB may be hardware reserved for your 420M, theres nothing you can do, but you can add additional RAM

 

[richc46]

Right click on bottom task bar
Bring up task manger
Resource monitor
Memory tab
See how its being used?

 

[LegendAndy]

Avaible 1860
Cached 1008
Total 2550
Installed 3072
What i must do to run all of my Ram ?

 

[LegendAndy]

help plzzzzzzzzz

 

[yowanvista]

You won't be able to use all your RAM as the 500MB is allocated to your 420M

 

[mikedl]

Avaible 1860
Cached 1008
Total 2550
Installed 3072
What i must do to run all of my Ram ?

help plzzzzzzzzz

Hi, LegendAndy, welcome to the Seven Forums.

Going by the figures you posted you are using all of your RAM. Take a screenshot of the memory usage bar in the "Resource Monitor" to which rich46 directed you. That would be very helpful. You will more than likely find yowanvista to be correct in stating the RAM you think you are missing is reserved for hardware.

 

[LegendAndy]

Avaible 1860
Cached 1008
Total 2550
Installed 3072
What i must do to run all of my Ram ?

help plzzzzzzzzz

Hi, LegendAndy, welcome to the Seven Forums.

Going by the figures you posted you are using all of your RAM. Take a screenshot of the memory usage bar in the "Resource Monitor" to which rich46 directed you. That would be very helpful. You will more than likely find yowanvista to be correct in stating the RAM you think you are missing is reserved for hardware.

My windows is not activated . These must be the problem ? :huh:

 

[beman36]

I'm having the same problem with my old rig I use for gaming old games like ravenshield when I cant use my main rig, I have an HP media center m1270n with 4 gigs of ram but only 2.87 is being shown!(and its bugging the sh*t out of me) I have a ATI HD 4600 series video card! which scores very high on the WEI score...no matter what I try I cant get it to show 4gb! grrrr

 

[yowanvista]

I'm having the same problem with my old rig I use for gaming old games like ravenshield when I cant use my main rig, I have an HP media center m1270n with 4 gigs of ram but only 2.87 is being shown!(and its bugging the sh*t out of me) I have a ATI HD 4600 series video card! which scores very high on the WEI score...no matter what I try I cant get it to show 4gb! grrrr

This is very likely because your RAM is being allocated to your GPU and is hardware reserved

 

[beman36]

but why? I have a dedicated card! and in my bios I put use PCI-E so it shouldn't be allocating anything for the GPU...also can I do something to change how the memory is being allocated?

 

[DeaconFrost]

My windows is not activated . These must be the problem ? :huh:

It's been said several times, but the problem is, your video card is using some of your system memory as it's own memory. That's what shared memory is. There isn't anything you can do about this.

 

[LegendAndy]

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[mikedl]

Yep, Andy, hardware reserved; nothing you can do about that. Thanks for the screenshot, Andy! Nice job.

Your non-activation doesn't have anything to do with it either but I'd get that sorted as soon as possible.

 

[LegendAndy]

Yep, Andy, hardware reserved; nothing you can do about that. Thanks for the screenshot, Andy! Nice job.

Your non-activation doesn't have anything to do with it either but I'd get that sorted as soon as possible.

And if those will be allocated 0.5 gb hard, the games will consume less than 0.5 gb ram ?

 

[Dzomlija]

I have a laptop with win 7 installed. The problem is that win 7 see only 2.5 Gb ram
instead of 3 Gb (real).
So, please give me a helping hand in order to solve this problem.

Avaible 1860
Cached 1008
Total 2550
Installed 3072
What i must do to run all of my Ram ?

Out of the 3,072MB installed memory, use can only use 2,560MB. The "missing" 512MB is, as was mentioned in an earlier post, reserved by hardware. With such a large amount being reserved, it is likely for the graphics hardware of the laptop.

If they provide the facility to do so, so into the BIOS, and try to adjust the amount of memory being used for the graphics card. Most desktops with on-board graphics provide this option, so maybe your laptop will to?

 

[gaz]

32 bit cant address all ram to start with, only 64bit will address all ram if bios allows it to

 

[LegendAndy]

32 bit cant address all ram to start with, only 64bit will address all ram if bios allows it to

But is a minus if is write 2.49 instead of 3.00? This same is i have a 1.5gb video card ?