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Question re Laptop Recognition of Memory

by acj003 Jun 10, 2009 4:04AM PDT

I installed the same chips in two different Toshiba laptop computers. When I checked the memory in Control Panel, one computer found 1.37 and one found 1.49. Prior to installing the 1 gig chip, one of the laptops read 448 and the other read 504 RAM. When I switched the 1 gig chips from one computer to the other, they still read 1.37 and 1.49, so the issue apparently isn't with the chips. Why would my two laptops find different amounts of memory with the same chips?

Thanks for your help.

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Simple really.
by r. proffitt Former Forum moderator Jun 10, 2009 4:21AM PDT

Many laptops use some of that RAM for the video display.

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oh which
by deniceels Jun 11, 2009 4:01AM PDT

the first laptop is using 64mb of your main systems memory shared, the other, 8mb.

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