Both are correct. BIOS says you have 4 GIG and Vista tells you it has access
to 2.8 gig.
The rest are reserved for mapping of your video card and other peripherals.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929605
System memory is less than expected - 4 Gig installed
http://vistarewired.com/2007/03/29/h...windows-vista/
"BIG BOY" <> wrote in message
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> Using VISTA OS....4G RAM
> Vista only recognizes 2.8 RAM which is correct
>
> Should the BIOS (my computer BIOS) shows errors
> for PnP\PCI Configuration
> and PCI/VGA Palette setup
>
> for the above RAM usage