I just got a used IBM Aptiva Windows 2000 PC because my old Windows 98 Gateway broke when I go to system it says it only has 130,544 KB of RAM how is this possible?
2006-07-19 11:23:45 · 5 answers · asked by chickensoupmunky 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
Because that is how much physical memory is present in your computer and that was what it was bought with?
2006-07-19 11:27:08 · answer #1 · answered by dbrhee 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That amout is 128MB expressed in bytes.
Windows 2000 runs fine on 128M RAM for most applications.
The system I am writing this on ran 2000 on 128M ram for years before I upgraded it to 256 to run 2000 server (which it runs now)
Your ram amount is NOT an overestimation, and the chip DOESN'T hold more than 128M ram. Don't forget, 1 MB = 1024 Kbytes. 128M therefore is 131,072 Kbytes. Why the discrepancy? Not sure, but IBM machines will sometimes snag some of the RAM for system purposes such as bios shadowing or other things.
One last point is that defragging your hard disk will not affect your RAM, however it may help your system performance.
2006-07-19 18:28:16 · answer #2 · answered by SuperTech 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means it has a 128MB RAM module in it... it just overestimates or sometimes the module can hold a little more than what it says.
That's not a bad amount for Windows 2000 but nowadays usually 512MB is the norm.
2006-07-19 18:26:33 · answer #3 · answered by Kamran 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
clear off all the extra crap you dont need, do a system defrag
2006-07-19 18:27:21 · answer #4 · answered by Eternal Sunshine 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
128K is not bad. does the system run slow?
2006-07-19 18:33:52 · answer #5 · answered by mstrobert 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋