512 ram showing 480?

[vector_anomaly]

Hello, Not sure if its just the programs running in the background but why is my 512 ram only showing 480? My computers bios can handle up to 1 gig. Even it i do have proccess running, shouldn't my ram still show the full capacity?

 

[Nubius]

Hmm, that'd be like having one stick of 256mb, one stick of 128mb, one stick of 64mb, and one stick of 32mb to get 480....Use a program like CPU-Z to show your amount of memory or even SiSoftware Sandra for that matter. I'm not sure if it's the motherboard in general or perhaps the BIOS needs an update, but I remember clearly having a computer displaying less RAM than what I actually had.

So google up CPU-Z or SiSoftware Sandra and download it, CPU-Z will tell you what kind of RAM at what speeds and what the SPD on the chip is and all kinds of information, probably more than ya wanted to know

 

[BROKENWINGS]

if the update didnt help u ...
so i think that ur 512 stick has 16 chips on it ( check if it has chips on the both sides ) & each1 is 32MB ..
so may b 1 of them dun work ... so if ur stick is under warranty i prefer u check ur seller 2 replace it
or try another 512 stick & it will b clear

 

[Nubius]

yeah you could use a program like memtest86+ to check for errors, but just see if CPU-Z recognizes the correct amount and if it does, try the BIOS update to get it to see it under my computer unless it's not that big of importance

 

[Brian911]

your system will deduct the RAM being used by your on-board graphic card from your actual (useable) RAM.

 

[beedubaya]

Finally somebody said it! *whew* The reason it is showing 480 is beacuse you have a 32MB onboard graphics card sharing your memory.

 

[vector_anomaly]

Ok, great, that works out. It was the onboard graphics card.. Thanks a alot.