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Giving More Ram to Video E5400

Discussion in 'Dell Latitude, Vostro, and Precision' started by matthiasfan, Mar 18, 2009.

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    Hey guys and gals,

    I just bought a new E5400 and it came in today, woot! But the problem is when I go into the bios, I can not change it from 32megs of ram dedicated to video. I thought I read that it was able to handle up to 256 shared. I have always done it through the bios, so am I missing something?

    Thanks for all your help in advance.
     
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    According to the 'Setup & Quick Refernence Guide' for the E5400, it has up to 256mb shared graphics memory. See page 21- LINK.

    Perhaps 32mb is the minimum it allocates for graphics memory?
     
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    Yeah, I think the minimum is 32, but I was wondering how one increases the shared memory. Usually it is in the bios, but the bios does not allow for it to be changed. I'm wondering if there is a separate utility or such.
     
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