Erm, I'm not sure how you would exactly determine that, aside from a thorough read of ...

... the small print of the machine's specs. There probably is some system setting you could access through Control Panel, but I wouldn't know what it is. Someone else might. If you let me know the model number I could have a word with one of my contacts at eBuyer (they're a sheffield firm, I was the boss of a couple of their programmers when we all worked at another company) and find out what the machine components are ...

As for how you resolve it (assuming that that is the case), the short answer is that you don't. If you had bought a desktop machine with on-board graphics, you could have gone out and got a separate graphics card and used that instead. Even then I'm not sure that you could still utilise the full capacity of the main system RAM.

Posted By: roywallerslovechild on August 9th 2005 at 17:34:49

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FAO Ben or anyone else who's not a complete computer numpty like me. (General Chat) - avid_canary, Aug 9, 17:18:31
- Your PC does have 256MB RAM and 60GB HDD (General Chat) - Ben, Aug 9, 17:59:47
  - Any tips on the ZoneAlarm query please? (n/m) (General Chat) - avid_canary, Aug 9, 18:17:10
  - Cheers Ben. (General Chat) - avid_canary, Aug 9, 18:16:08
    - I would also suggest crucial... (General Chat) - Ben, Aug 9, 18:42:51
    - www.crucial.com/uk/ are good for memory ... n/m (n/m) (General Chat) - bjt, Aug 9, 18:22:02
- Re: the RAM. What probably going on is that you have 256 Mb RAM, but 64 Mb is being used (General Chat) - roywallerslovechild, Aug 9, 17:22:51
  - How do I determine if this is the case? and how do I/should I remedy it? (n/m) (General Chat) - avid_canary, Aug 9, 17:29:12
    - Erm, I'm not sure how you would exactly determine that, aside from a thorough read of ... (General Chat) - roywallerslovechild, Aug 9, 17:34:49
      - Full spec is: (General Chat) - avid_canary, Aug 9, 17:46:49
        
        Urrrm. I'll email a mate to confirm, but on the website it says ... (General Chat) - roywallerslovechild, Aug 9, 17:53:10
        
        Could you email me back when you know please? (General Chat) - avid_canary, Aug 9, 17:59:05
        
        Well you ought to be able to put more RAM in it - there should be a panel ... (General Chat) - roywallerslovechild, Aug 9, 18:04:51
        
        Oh - forgot - yes I'll let you know as soon as I hear. (n/m) (General Chat) - roywallerslovechild, Aug 9, 18:05:32
        
        Get some more RAM. (General Chat) - d0mj4y, Aug 9, 17:49:30
        
        Well considering I've paid for 256 and only appear to have 192 you could have a point. (n/m) (General Chat) - avid_canary, Aug 9, 17:52:28
        
        I think rwlc was right about your Gfx card using some of your system RAM to use... (General Chat) - d0mj4y, Aug 9, 17:58:33
        
        And if you don't have another DDR slot, you could by a bigger RAM module... (General Chat) - d0mj4y, Aug 9, 17:59:48
  - * note * obviously not exactly 64Mb, as the maths doesn't add up (General Chat) - roywallerslovechild, Aug 9, 17:25:27
    - 256-64=192 (n/m) (General Chat) - WOTB No1 Tipster 04, Aug 9, 17:30:26
      - So it does. I do actually have a degree in maths y'know. (n/m) (General Chat) - roywallerslovechild, Aug 9, 17:36:42
      - cheers carol (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Aug 9, 17:31:50
      - And now, Mr. Tipster, here is your GCSE certificate in Mathematics. (n/m) (General Chat) - d0mj4y, Aug 9, 17:31:48
        
        yeah so whys he saying it didn't add up? (n/m) (General Chat) - WOTB No1 Tipster 04, Aug 9, 17:36:15
        
        I can't read, I can't write. (General Chat) - roywallerslovechild, Aug 9, 17:38:02

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