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    Dell XPS 15 6GB RAM but only 4.92 Usable...why?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by pitaya, Aug 23, 2011.

  1. pitaya

    pitaya Notebook Enthusiast

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    yes i dont know why...i have a 64bits system but why on the system properties says 6GB of Ram (4.92 Usable) it has something to do with the format? or 64Bits OS? or it means that my memory its faulty and has bad sectors or blocks??

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    pitaya, Aug 23, 2011
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    RAM reserved for hardware like your video card?
     
    dennilfloss, Aug 24, 2011
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    yes it seems, that the system take 1GB for hardware...well at least its not damaged
     
    pitaya, Aug 24, 2011
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    Something not right there, I have 8gb with 7.90 useable.
     
    Risco, Aug 24, 2011
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    Same for me
     
    nader_rizk2003, Aug 24, 2011
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    I think its the same here (is this the right place to look?)
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    /Dev
     
    Jubeltrubel, Aug 25, 2011
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    right click Computer and Properties and u will see it there.
     
    N3v3rDi3, Aug 27, 2011
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    if you go to the task manager and then to performance and then to memory..you will see that the hardware takes some memory but why 1 GB? and with others less?...as far as i know its impossible to changes the values even with the msconfig option to increase the boot memory to the max
     
    pitaya, Aug 27, 2011
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    dennilfloss, Aug 28, 2011
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    Mine doesn't have one o.o And same for my 2 other desktops
     
    Neubeehunhun, Aug 28, 2011
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    Have you checked by right-clicking on your taskbar & viewing the Task Manager/Performance tab (the resource monitor/memory tab also shows the RAM distribution graphically)?
     
    dennilfloss, Aug 28, 2011
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    I have 6 installed with 5.74 available.
     
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    neubeehunhun...normally thats hat the system takes....my friend have the same 86MB but i dont know why in my case this laptop takes 1.1 GB




    Edit: problem solved, i unchecked the option to start with the max amount of ram....now it use 106MB...strangely a lot of people resolved the problem enabling the max amount of memory
     

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    pitaya, Aug 28, 2011
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