4.00Gb (3.25GB) of Ram useable (win 7 64 bit)

andythelandy

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I'm abit confused with this, I have just done a reformat and install windows 7 again but as the screenshot shows its only using 3.25 Gb of ram and this is 64bit like it says underneath. The only thing I can think of is that the onboard graphics on my motherboard are taking some of my Ram but I have got the primary graphics set to pcie(my 5850) in the bios so I don't see how it can be? Anyone got any ideas?

Thanks In advance

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Try disabling the onboard graphics from the BIOS - I'd still say that the onboard graphics card was enabled judging by the screenshot.
 
m4cc45 said:
Try disabling the onboard graphics from the BIOS - I'd still say that the onboard graphics card was enabled judging by the screenshot.
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I cannot for the life of me find anywhere to turn the graphics off in the bios, like I said I have set the priority to pcie but that is the only place where it even mentions onboard graphics

SiriusB said:
You might have to turn on Memory Remapping [or similar] in the BIOS.
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I'll have a look for this.
 
I have a similar issue but as my PC is HP it seems as though the motherboard isn't a true 64bit motherboard if that makes sense. It cannot see the full amount of RAM with any 64bit system. It could be that yours is the same. There may be a firmware update for your motherboard you can try.
 
Just had another look around the bios found where onboard video is enable/disabled eventually.. and it is defantyl disabled I alse had a look for this memory remapping but I couldn't find anything, what part of the bios would it usually be in?

Thanks
 
What do you have under graphics cards on device manager? That would say if it was totally disabled or not.

I'd check your motherboard manual to see what it supports as well and it should go through the BIOS options as well.



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JonRohan said:
I have a similar issue but as my PC is HP it seems as though the motherboard isn't a true 64bit motherboard if that makes sense. It cannot see the full amount of RAM with any 64bit system. It could be that yours is the same. There may be a firmware update for your motherboard you can try.
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Its not that I'm sure, its a £100 motherboard I probably should have said this before but this has all worked perfectly before with the full 4gb and win7 64bit, its since I did a reformat last night that its started saying that.

I checked device manager and its saying my video card is defantly the 5850
 
Start > type 'msconfig' > go to the 'Boot' tab > click 'Advanced options'. Is a maximum amount of memory set? If so, unset it and reboot.
 
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I seem to be having a similar issue, but I only have 3 gig installed.

My system says I have 3 gig installed, but only 2.75 useable. I can't figure out if this is normal? I have none of the boxes ticked that were mentioned above and memory remapping is enable in my bios?
 
Brum Man said:
I seem to be having a similar issue, but I only have 3 gig installed.

My system says I have 3 gig installed, but only 2.75 useable. I can't figure out if this is normal? I have none of the boxes ticked that were mentioned above and memory remapping is enable in my bios?
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Do you have onboard graphics? Thats a reasonable amount to expect integrated graphics to use?
 
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