dumb question from a dumb newbie

[sunkman]

just added 256 mg of ram to my already existing 256 mg. In my system info it now tells me I have 480 mgb's What happened to the other 32????

 

[stevty2889]

Using onboard video? Can't think of much else, and it is always very helpful if you list the specs of your computer, makes it a bit easier to figure things out, if we know what you have...

 

[Geforcer]

mayby what stevty2889 said, using onboard video? or mix/matching different brands of ram might cause problems as well.

 

[3chordcharlie]

Originally posted by: Geforcer
mayby what stevty2889 said, using onboard video? or mix/matching different brands of ram might cause problems as well.

I've seen ram sticks have problems and still pretend to work - they almost invariably report half-capacity though. I'd put my money on integrated video.

 

[lockmac]

Sometimes, windows does display different amounts of memory, but usually its only a few megabytes out. Your best bet is what the others are saying, shared memory is being used, as 32mb is a typical amount that would be used by your video card

 

[XMan]

What motherboard?

 

[sunkman]

my motherboard is a Biostar KM 266 Pro with an AMD Semptron 2200+...

 

[Viper96720]

Yep it's onboard video allocation.
http://www.via.com.tw/en/produ...chipsets/legacy/km266/

 

[sunkman]

Thanks for the info...that makes sense (so it always does with hindsight!). What happens to that 32 mg of memory when I install my graphic board?

 

[Viper96720]

You get it back if your not using the onboard video. Your bios should have some kind of a disable option. If it doesn't do it automatically when you install your video card.

 

[nick1985]

Originally posted by: sunkman
Thanks for the info...that makes sense (so it always does with hindsight!). What happens to that 32 mg of memory when I install my graphic board?

it gets reuinited with the other 480 megs of RAM and they live the rest of their lives in harmony.