Help! Installing WinXp on compaq 6735s reduced Ram to 744

[coolcurrent]

Re: Help! Installing WinXp on compaq 6735s reduced Ram to 744

I thought you corrected yourself to say you had 768MB instead of 1GB. So, if I now understand correctly, you have 1GB installed, and 768MB available. Is that correct?

According to this:
http://www.notebookcheck.net/ATI-Rad...00.9591.0.html

The Mobility Radeon HD3200 uses "up to 512MB" of shared RAM. So if you have 1GB installed, its probably using 256MB of memory for video. From what I'm reading, it is not possible to limit this amount in the bios setup. If you go into BIOS setup, do you see that you have 1GB of ram installed? If so, your computer is likely working as expected.

I meant that windows xp is reporting 768MB

[ratdude747]

Re: Help! Installing WinXp on compaq 6735s reduced Ram to 744

because the graphics chip stole 256mb of the 1gb. windows only reports what it has to work with. it only can work with what the gpu is not using. the bios reports what is installed. it sees all.

that should explain everything.