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    Aug 6, 2010, 05:56 AM
    What would cause loss of ram in a computer
    We are having problems with a compaq presario losing ram. We put in a 256 and it lost 100 ram. What would make that happen?
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    Aug 6, 2010, 05:58 AM

    We put 256 of ram in our compaq presario and it seems to lose 100 of that 256 what would cause this to happen?
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    Aug 15, 2010, 03:51 AM

    You should check the processes running, do this key combination ctrl+Alt+delete and choose "open task manager" and go to the processes tab, look for the process with the biggest number next to it, that could be the reason why
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    Aug 15, 2010, 04:00 AM

    You can't "lose" RAM, it's a physical thing. So what are you using to read the amount of RAM? And how old is this computer?
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    Aug 15, 2010, 04:33 AM
    Sounds like a speed mismatch.
    RAM of different speeds will report incorrectly.
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