Well I allready installed the RAM into my computer. I added a gig awhile ago, but today just opened up my case and looked at the other RAM stick that came pre-installed in my eMachines, and it says it's 512 MB on the stick. Great.... but on my computer (before I added the gig) it said I had 382 MB of RAM. Also, now after I installed the gig it says that I have 1.4 GB of RAM, and if the one installed has 512 MB, wouldn't it be 1.5? What made it 328 MB?
2007-09-28 14:33:45 · 7 answers · asked by Jim 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
if u have integrated graphics it probably shares the system ram with video and eats into it ...
2007-09-28 14:36:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The sticker on the RAM stick could be wrong or your computer could be reading the pre installed RAM wrong
2007-09-28 21:59:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes, they'll round up the amount of RAM on the stick. It's probably a combination of that and your video card if it's integrated
2007-09-28 22:03:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
do a RAM test....u would have a fair idea if portions of your RAM is bad. it happened with me once. i mean my computer.
your RAM might still be working but parts of it is of no use now. but anyways 328mb of your RAM seems to be still good.
get your memory tester from this website.
http://www.memtest.org/
its worth it.
2007-09-28 21:55:21 · answer #4 · answered by crul 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
your video card uses alot of ram on ur system. becarefull with emachines, they are the most picky systems to tamper with.
2007-09-28 21:57:56 · answer #5 · answered by agello24 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
is it DIMM u using?
make sure its the same kind of ram
2007-09-28 22:42:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
probably one the banks where the memory is installed is defective.
2007-09-28 21:37:14 · answer #7 · answered by Nelson Amaya 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋