BIOS-Windows Memory Differences
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Can anyone tell me why my BIOS reports 512MB RAM and Windows Reports 511MB RAM? This happens on my Win 98 machine at home, I'm running Windows 2000 at work but I haven't had a chance to confirm if it has the same behavior. I hesitate to mention that I've looked on MSDN and not found anything because I know as soon as I do, someone will post a link to the appropriate information :-D -Sean ---- "Vigilance With Pride"
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Can anyone tell me why my BIOS reports 512MB RAM and Windows Reports 511MB RAM? This happens on my Win 98 machine at home, I'm running Windows 2000 at work but I haven't had a chance to confirm if it has the same behavior. I hesitate to mention that I've looked on MSDN and not found anything because I know as soon as I do, someone will post a link to the appropriate information :-D -Sean ---- "Vigilance With Pride"
Well, Windows XP Professional reports 512MB (BIOS) and 512MB (Windows). I wonder if this is a Windows 9x issue? -Sean ---- "Vigilance With Pride"
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Can anyone tell me why my BIOS reports 512MB RAM and Windows Reports 511MB RAM? This happens on my Win 98 machine at home, I'm running Windows 2000 at work but I haven't had a chance to confirm if it has the same behavior. I hesitate to mention that I've looked on MSDN and not found anything because I know as soon as I do, someone will post a link to the appropriate information :-D -Sean ---- "Vigilance With Pride"
Well on my machine at work, Windows2k is shows 522,544 KB (535085056 bytes) 512MB = 524288 KB = 536870912 bytes 536870912-535085056 = 1785856 (1744 KB) a little math shows that 1744KB are missing, somewhere. now i would expect the reverse (640K on the mother board). So unless windows is finding bits that are defective and removing them (the pages they are in?) from the memory pool, i can not explain it.
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Can anyone tell me why my BIOS reports 512MB RAM and Windows Reports 511MB RAM? This happens on my Win 98 machine at home, I'm running Windows 2000 at work but I haven't had a chance to confirm if it has the same behavior. I hesitate to mention that I've looked on MSDN and not found anything because I know as soon as I do, someone will post a link to the appropriate information :-D -Sean ---- "Vigilance With Pride"
I believe the missing one meg is dedicated to your graphics card. "An expert is someone who has made all the mistakes in his or her field" - Niels Bohr
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Can anyone tell me why my BIOS reports 512MB RAM and Windows Reports 511MB RAM? This happens on my Win 98 machine at home, I'm running Windows 2000 at work but I haven't had a chance to confirm if it has the same behavior. I hesitate to mention that I've looked on MSDN and not found anything because I know as soon as I do, someone will post a link to the appropriate information :-D -Sean ---- "Vigilance With Pride"
Its cause of the difference in taking 1 MB as 1024 KB and as 1000 KB. I think so anyway. Nish Nish was here, now Nish has gone; He left his soul, to turn you on; Those who knew Nish, knew him well; Those who didn't, can go to hell. I like to :jig: on the Code Project Sonork ID 100.9786 voidmain www.busterboy.org