Missing Mem?

Aloha all.
I just installed 2GB of RAM in my Vista laptop (2x1GB, upgraded from
2x512MB). When I check, it says I only have about 1900MB, instead of the
full 2GB. Did I get bad memory, or is this normal?
Thanks!

Notebook computers have a video adapter that shares
memory with the installed RAM. A certain amount of
your installed RAM is being allocated to the video adapter.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience -
Windows Vista Enthusiast

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"LMO" <> wrote in message news:48418fe9$0$4087$...
Aloha all.
I just installed 2GB of RAM in my Vista laptop (2x1GB, upgraded from
2x512MB). When I check, it says I only have about 1900MB, instead of the
full 2GB. Did I get bad memory, or is this normal?
Thanks!

LMO;732295 Wrote:
> Aloha all
> I just installed 2GB of RAM in my Vista laptop (2x1GB, upgraded fro
> 2x512MB). When I check, it says I only have about 1900MB, instead o
> th
> full 2GB. Did I get bad memory, or is this normal
> Thanks

Chances are that the deficit is being allocated to the displa
driver..

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On Sat, 31 May 2008 07:50:26 -1000, "LMO" <>
wrote:

> Aloha all.
> I just installed 2GB of RAM in my Vista laptop (2x1GB, upgraded from
> 2x512MB). When I check, it says I only have about 1900MB, instead of the
> full 2GB. Did I get bad memory, or is this normal?


Almost certainly the difference is because you have shared video
memory on the motherboard (probably 128MB) rather than having a
separate video card with its own on-board memory. This is almost
always the case with laptops.

You probably didn't check before, but back when you thought you had
1GB, you only had 896MB (1024 - 128).

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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"Carey Frisch [MVP]" <> wrote in
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> Notebook computers have a video adapter that shares
> memory with the installed RAM. A certain amount of
> your installed RAM is being allocated to the video adapter.
>

Would this be the same with a MB which has onboard video?

TIA,

bdog

On Sun, 01 Jun 2008 01:49:04 GMT, bdog <> wrote:

>"Carey Frisch [MVP]" <> wrote in
>news::
>
>> Notebook computers have a video adapter that shares
>> memory with the installed RAM. A certain amount of
>> your installed RAM is being allocated to the video adapter.
>>
>
>Would this be the same with a MB which has onboard video?

For sure.

>
>TIA,
>
>bdog