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512 MB of Ram

Discussion in 'All other topics' started by Ph0BoLuS, Jul 25, 2005.

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  1. deadbeat9

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    where do yo find the make or model#
     
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  2. ddp

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    on the top of the motherboard printed ususally in the center. also need the rev level which might be printed there or on 1 of the 2 back corners.
     
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  3. deadbeat9

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    so im guessing i havta open up my computer
     
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  4. atlnicca

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    yes, youll have to open your computer. but im thinking, if u had a onboard video, would it really only take away jus 8mb of memory from you? idk, that must be the minimum, cuz before i got my video card, it took away 64mb. but idk
     
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    atlnicca, can change settings in the bios on the amount of ram used by onboard video.
     
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  6. deadbeat9

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    how bout me, can i change how much memory to. and wut does that do
     
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  7. deadbeat9

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    i dont think i want to open my computer but this all happend when i restared my computer. after i check the memory, it was only 248 but before i restarted i have 256
     
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    go into the bios to see if mentions 8meg for video not 64meg
     
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  9. deadbeat9

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    how do you go into the bios
     
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    if not a dell or ibm press the del button at the post screen
     
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  11. deadbeat9

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    so when i restart
     
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  12. ddp

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    yes. it might ask you to press del, f1 or f2 to enter setup which is the bios
     
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  13. deadbeat9

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    and how do you change hoe much memory it uses
     
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    can be the pageup or pagedown buttons or can be highlight the #, press enter & will give you a menu of different values including na(not available). also check that the onboard video is disabled also in the bios that than disables the 8meg which is returned to main memory amount
     
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  15. deadbeat9

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    i figured out my intel graphics card uses 8 mb of ram but y and do i have to leave it like this
     
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    umm, it uses 8mb because it needs some ram to be able to operate. only way to change this is getting a new video card and then disabling onboard video.
     
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  17. deadbeat9

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    i dont seem to be able to change the amount of ram used
     
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  18. atlnicca

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    are you trying to change it to use mroe or less ram? and if less, i dont think it can go any lower, because 8mb is already extremly low for video memory
     
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  19. deadbeat9

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    o but if i wanted to make it higher how would i do that
     
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    i've see it less like down to 1meg on a p3-1ghz. is the computer a namebrand like hp or a clone computer from a store?? if namebrand, what is the make & model# of it??
     
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