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    p_shal09 Posts: 16, Reputation: 1
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    Oct 19, 2003, 11:20 PM
    Ram SIZE shown query
    My computer support person installed 128 MB RAM on my computer, one chip. But when the computer starts it shows me 97 MB something mem and also when I right click on windows 2000 or windows 98 Mycomputer properties, it also shows the same. He said that the rest is shared memory, so not displayed. But in other fren's computer, it shows the full RAM size, What is the problem with my computer..

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    Oct 21, 2003, 12:19 AM
    Re: Ram SIZE shown query
    p_shal09,hi your PC support person is right. The 128MB memory in your PC is shared with the video RAM which is 31MB. This is because the video card of your PC is built into your pc's motherboard. Memory is usually shared when a PC has a video card built into the motherboard.

    Your friend, on the other hand, has an add-on video card plugged onto his pc's motherboard. Add-on video cards have their own memory amount.

    If you look behind your PC and the video slot--where one end of the monitor is attached--is next to your mouse and keyboard slots, then your pc's video card is built in.

    Just ask him or look behind his PC. If you see a vertical slot (by placing the PC on its side) where one end of the monitor cord is attached, that is an-add on video card.
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    Oct 22, 2003, 01:26 AM
    Re: Ram SIZE shown query
    RAM will go up and down with the amount of stuff that your computer is doing.
    If, upon start-up, you're downloading songs, then that's going to take up RAM. All the programs you have running in the background use RAM. Thankfully Windows manages it all so it divies it out as needed.

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