Missing 512 system ram in DXdiag?

Duvan · 5 Feb 2012 at 10:37

My PSU went up in smoke and I got a new one...
I'm supposed to have 4096mb RAM, but now DXdiag says I have 3584 mb. I can't say for sure what it said before the PSU broke.
The BIOS still says I've got 4096 mb working ram.

My GPU is an old HD3850 with 256 mb ram and it's not been able to share RAM before at least

Could the ram have gotten broken when the PSU gave up its contract? Or is DXdiag just confused.
Any way to check this?

Duvan · 5 Feb 2012 at 11:43

32 bit...
Hehe I guess that answered the question

-> 32 bit can only recognize 3 gigs of ram right?
But can it still use all the 4 gigs hmm?

Duvan · 5 Feb 2012 at 16:15

Okay hmm, so for 4096 mb... it can still not use the 4000 minus 96...

but it's normal that it leaves out one whole 512 mb segment hmm?

Duvan · 6 Feb 2012 at 22:22

Hmm but I thought the graphics cards had their own memory? Like only some integrated ones actually "stole" system memory (shared memory)?

Thanks for your answers