Vista shows only 3 of 4 RAM GB

I just bought a new Vista Ultimate HP desktop PC (HP a6385l). Upgraded RAM
from 2 to 4GB (there are four slots) but Vista shows only 3GB. Took the PC
back to the dealer where they tried all permutations possible (one by one,
two by two, three, four, etc) of the 4 memory sticks, including putting new,
other brand ones. To no avail. Is this a Vista bug? Is the PC defective? I
called HP Customer Service but they offered no help. It's on a one-year HP
warranty so I intend to try again though I fear HP will blame Vista and
vice-versa (the PC is sold blank of O/S, Vista is bought separately). Vista
and the additional 2GB RAM where installed at the dealer but the PC was
delivered home where I only found out about the problem. And, yes, the four
1GB RAM show up in the basic equipment list on the black screen (they showed
it to me, I don't know how to summon it). Any comments?

Vista uses about 3GB of RAM in a 32 bit system. The remaining RAM is used
by Vista, hardware devices like your Video card and BIOS routines. This is
prefectly normal.

Search this forum. This has been talked about many times.


"Jay Cee" <jay---> wrote in message
news:%23hTcTZ$...
>I just bought a new Vista Ultimate HP desktop PC (HP a6385l). Upgraded RAM
>from 2 to 4GB (there are four slots) but Vista shows only 3GB. Took the PC
>back to the dealer where they tried all permutations possible (one by one,
>two by two, three, four, etc) of the 4 memory sticks, including putting
>new, other brand ones. To no avail. Is this a Vista bug? Is the PC
>defective? I called HP Customer Service but they offered no help. It's on a
>one-year HP warranty so I intend to try again though I fear HP will blame
>Vista and vice-versa (the PC is sold blank of O/S, Vista is bought
>separately). Vista and the additional 2GB RAM where installed at the dealer
>but the PC was delivered home where I only found out about the problem.
>And, yes, the four 1GB RAM show up in the basic equipment list on the black
>screen (they showed it to me, I don't know how to summon it). Any comments?

this is normal ..

it has bult in ETR technology.. (Eat The Ram)


"Jay Cee" <jay---> wrote in message
news:%23hTcTZ$...
>I just bought a new Vista Ultimate HP desktop PC (HP a6385l). Upgraded RAM
>from 2 to 4GB (there are four slots) but Vista shows only 3GB. Took the PC
>back to the dealer where they tried all permutations possible (one by one,
>two by two, three, four, etc) of the 4 memory sticks, including putting
>new, other brand ones. To no avail. Is this a Vista bug? Is the PC
>defective? I called HP Customer Service but they offered no help. It's on a
>one-year HP warranty so I intend to try again though I fear HP will blame
>Vista and vice-versa (the PC is sold blank of O/S, Vista is bought
>separately). Vista and the additional 2GB RAM where installed at the dealer
>but the PC was delivered home where I only found out about the problem.
>And, yes, the four 1GB RAM show up in the basic equipment list on the black
>screen (they showed it to me, I don't know how to summon it). Any comments?

You are STUPID, the "extra" ram is not "used" at all

the memory space cannot be addressed and its wasted!

That 1 extra gig above 3 just sits there doing nothing.

What would a video card do with the RAM anyway you dork? It has its own
ram..
or the nic card or the sound card .?

Your stupid suggestion means this:
When you have 3 gigs of ram.. the hardware does not seem to use any of that
available 3 gigs.. when you add 1 more to go to 4 all of a sudden all the
hardware remembers to eat ram because it needs to use it? LOL

How pathetic you are.... and stupid.. very stupid... seems something that
frank would say..

Oh I am hostile with you because you are DORIS, aka
SPANKY DE MONKEY, AKA BILL YANAIR aka
A thousand other stupid names and you keep saying FYI that is VERY
irritating.. IDIOT FOOL RETARD!

"Apply_Directly_To_Forehead" <> wrote in message
news:OCmOpc$...
> Vista uses about 3GB of RAM in a 32 bit system. The remaining RAM is used
> by Vista, hardware devices like your Video card and BIOS routines. This
> is prefectly normal.
>
> Search this forum. This has been talked about many times.
>
>
> "Jay Cee" <jay---> wrote in message
> news:%23hTcTZ$...
>>I just bought a new Vista Ultimate HP desktop PC (HP a6385l). Upgraded RAM
>>from 2 to 4GB (there are four slots) but Vista shows only 3GB. Took the PC
>>back to the dealer where they tried all permutations possible (one by one,
>>two by two, three, four, etc) of the 4 memory sticks, including putting
>>new, other brand ones. To no avail. Is this a Vista bug? Is the PC
>>defective? I called HP Customer Service but they offered no help. It's on
>>a one-year HP warranty so I intend to try again though I fear HP will
>>blame Vista and vice-versa (the PC is sold blank of O/S, Vista is bought
>>separately). Vista and the additional 2GB RAM where installed at the
>>dealer but the PC was delivered home where I only found out about the
>>problem. And, yes, the four 1GB RAM show up in the basic equipment list on
>>the black screen (they showed it to me, I don't know how to summon it).
>>Any comments?
>

The system memory that is reported in the System Information dialog box in
Windows Vista is less than you expect if 4 GB of RAM is installed:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929605/en-us

Understanding Address Spaces and the 4GB Limit - [H]ard|Forum:
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1035670
--
Andre
Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
"Jay Cee" <jay---> wrote in message
news:%23hTcTZ$...
>I just bought a new Vista Ultimate HP desktop PC (HP a6385l). Upgraded RAM
>from 2 to 4GB (there are four slots) but Vista shows only 3GB. Took the PC
>back to the dealer where they tried all permutations possible (one by one,
>two by two, three, four, etc) of the 4 memory sticks, including putting
>new, other brand ones. To no avail. Is this a Vista bug? Is the PC
>defective? I called HP Customer Service but they offered no help. It's on a
>one-year HP warranty so I intend to try again though I fear HP will blame
>Vista and vice-versa (the PC is sold blank of O/S, Vista is bought
>separately). Vista and the additional 2GB RAM where installed at the dealer
>but the PC was delivered home where I only found out about the problem.
>And, yes, the four 1GB RAM show up in the basic equipment list on the black
>screen (they showed it to me, I don't know how to summon it). Any comments?

non flammable on WinLin wrote:
> You are STUPID, the "extra" ram is not "used" at all
>
> the memory space cannot be addressed and its wasted!
>
> That 1 extra gig above 3 just sits there doing nothing.
>
> What would a video card do with the RAM anyway you dork? It has its own
> ram..
> or the nic card or the sound card .?
>
> Your stupid suggestion means this:
> When you have 3 gigs of ram.. the hardware does not seem to use any of that
> available 3 gigs.. when you add 1 more to go to 4 all of a sudden all the
> hardware remembers to eat ram because it needs to use it? LOL
>
> How pathetic you are.... and stupid.. very stupid... seems something that
> frank would say..
>
> Oh I am hostile with you because you are DORIS, aka
> SPANKY DE MONKEY, AKA BILL YANAIR aka
> A thousand other stupid names and you keep saying FYI that is VERY
> irritating.. IDIOT FOOL RETARD!
>
> "Apply_Directly_To_Forehead" <> wrote in message
> news:OCmOpc$...
>> Vista uses about 3GB of RAM in a 32 bit system. The remaining RAM is used
>> by Vista, hardware devices like your Video card and BIOS routines. This
>> is prefectly normal.
>>
>> Search this forum. This has been talked about many times.
>>
>>
>> "Jay Cee" <jay---> wrote in message
>> news:%23hTcTZ$...
>>> I just bought a new Vista Ultimate HP desktop PC (HP a6385l). Upgraded RAM
>> >from 2 to 4GB (there are four slots) but Vista shows only 3GB. Took the PC
>>> back to the dealer where they tried all permutations possible (one by one,
>>> two by two, three, four, etc) of the 4 memory sticks, including putting
>>> new, other brand ones. To no avail. Is this a Vista bug? Is the PC
>>> defective? I called HP Customer Service but they offered no help. It's on
>>> a one-year HP warranty so I intend to try again though I fear HP will
>>> blame Vista and vice-versa (the PC is sold blank of O/S, Vista is bought
>>> separately). Vista and the additional 2GB RAM where installed at the
>>> dealer but the PC was delivered home where I only found out about the
>>> problem. And, yes, the four 1GB RAM show up in the basic equipment list on
>>> the black screen (they showed it to me, I don't know how to summon it).
>>> Any comments?
>
>

Actually, Apply isn't stupid.
My Geforce 6800 has 256MB on each...yet will still use 700something MB
shared system memory

On Sun, 06 Jan 2008 06:54:30 +0700, Jay Cee wrote:

> I just bought a new Vista Ultimate HP desktop PC (HP a6385l). Upgraded RAM
> from 2 to 4GB (there are four slots) but Vista shows only 3GB. Took the PC
> back to the dealer where they tried all permutations possible (one by one,
> two by two, three, four, etc) of the 4 memory sticks, including putting new,
> other brand ones. To no avail. Is this a Vista bug? Is the PC defective? I
> called HP Customer Service but they offered no help. It's on a one-year HP
> warranty so I intend to try again though I fear HP will blame Vista and
> vice-versa (the PC is sold blank of O/S, Vista is bought separately). Vista
> and the additional 2GB RAM where installed at the dealer but the PC was
> delivered home where I only found out about the problem. And, yes, the four
> 1GB RAM show up in the basic equipment list on the black screen (they showed
> it to me, I don't know how to summon it). Any comments?

Yes - this question was asked and answered yesterday. If you would take
five minutes and browse this group would find the answer several times.

On Sun, 6 Jan 2008 06:54:30 +0700, "Jay Cee" <jay--->
wrote:

> I just bought a new Vista Ultimate HP desktop PC (HP a6385l). Upgraded RAM
> from 2 to 4GB (there are four slots) but Vista shows only 3GB. Took the PC
> back to the dealer where they tried all permutations possible (one by one,
> two by two, three, four, etc) of the 4 memory sticks, including putting new,
> other brand ones. To no avail. Is this a Vista bug?


No,

> Is the PC defective?


No.


> I
> called HP Customer Service but they offered no help. It's on a one-year HP
> warranty so I intend to try again though I fear HP will blame Vista and
> vice-versa (the PC is sold blank of O/S, Vista is bought separately). Vista
> and the additional 2GB RAM where installed at the dealer but the PC was
> delivered home where I only found out about the problem. And, yes, the four
> 1GB RAM show up in the basic equipment list on the black screen (they showed
> it to me, I don't know how to summon it). Any comments?



All 32-bit versions of Windows (XP as well as Vista), even though they
have a 4GB address space, can only use *around* 3.1GB of RAM. That's
because some of that space is used by hardware and not available to
the operating system and applications. The amount you can use varies,
depending on what hardware you have installed, but is usually around
3.1GB.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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No Douche Bag, you are stupid. Just plain stupid. Don't want to believe?
Then don't. Go F yourself. Just FYI

"non flammable on WinLin" <> wrote in message
news:...
> You are STUPID, the "extra" ram is not "used" at all
>
> the memory space cannot be addressed and its wasted!
>
> That 1 extra gig above 3 just sits there doing nothing.
>
> What would a video card do with the RAM anyway you dork? It has its own
> ram..
> or the nic card or the sound card .?
>
> Your stupid suggestion means this:
> When you have 3 gigs of ram.. the hardware does not seem to use any of
> that available 3 gigs.. when you add 1 more to go to 4 all of a sudden all
> the hardware remembers to eat ram because it needs to use it? LOL
>
> How pathetic you are.... and stupid.. very stupid... seems something that
> frank would say..
>
> Oh I am hostile with you because you are DORIS, aka
> SPANKY DE MONKEY, AKA BILL YANAIR aka
> A thousand other stupid names and you keep saying FYI that is VERY
> irritating.. IDIOT FOOL RETARD!
>
> "Apply_Directly_To_Forehead" <> wrote in message
> news:OCmOpc$...
>> Vista uses about 3GB of RAM in a 32 bit system. The remaining RAM is
>> used by Vista, hardware devices like your Video card and BIOS routines.
>> This is prefectly normal.
>>
>> Search this forum. This has been talked about many times.
>>
>>
>> "Jay Cee" <jay---> wrote in message
>> news:%23hTcTZ$...
>>>I just bought a new Vista Ultimate HP desktop PC (HP a6385l). Upgraded
>>>RAM from 2 to 4GB (there are four slots) but Vista shows only 3GB. Took
>>>the PC back to the dealer where they tried all permutations possible (one
>>>by one, two by two, three, four, etc) of the 4 memory sticks, including
>>>putting new, other brand ones. To no avail. Is this a Vista bug? Is the
>>>PC defective? I called HP Customer Service but they offered no help. It's
>>>on a one-year HP warranty so I intend to try again though I fear HP will
>>>blame Vista and vice-versa (the PC is sold blank of O/S, Vista is bought
>>>separately). Vista and the additional 2GB RAM where installed at the
>>>dealer but the PC was delivered home where I only found out about the
>>>problem. And, yes, the four 1GB RAM show up in the basic equipment list
>>>on the black screen (they showed it to me, I don't know how to summon
>>>it). Any comments?
>>
>
>

And you have Bend Over Technology. Better get the lube.

Just FYI

"non flammable on WinLin" <> wrote in message
news:47801eb5$...
> this is normal ..
>
> it has bult in ETR technology.. (Eat The Ram)
>
>
> "Jay Cee" <jay---> wrote in message
> news:%23hTcTZ$...
>>I just bought a new Vista Ultimate HP desktop PC (HP a6385l). Upgraded RAM
>>from 2 to 4GB (there are four slots) but Vista shows only 3GB. Took the PC
>>back to the dealer where they tried all permutations possible (one by one,
>>two by two, three, four, etc) of the 4 memory sticks, including putting
>>new, other brand ones. To no avail. Is this a Vista bug? Is the PC
>>defective? I called HP Customer Service but they offered no help. It's on
>>a one-year HP warranty so I intend to try again though I fear HP will
>>blame Vista and vice-versa (the PC is sold blank of O/S, Vista is bought
>>separately). Vista and the additional 2GB RAM where installed at the
>>dealer but the PC was delivered home where I only found out about the
>>problem. And, yes, the four 1GB RAM show up in the basic equipment list on
>>the black screen (they showed it to me, I don't know how to summon it).
>>Any comments?
>
>