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    W5A vs W5G ? please help..

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by zhakie, Sep 28, 2005.

  1. zhakie

    zhakie Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi all,
    I've been looking for Asus W5A but only found W5G00AE so I bought it.
    Can anyone tell me the difference and why no W5G on Asus website?

    one more, how to adjust RAM for VGA (memory always shows 496 mb-> so only 16 mb for video) can I set it to max 128 mb?

    thanks :)
     
    zhakie, Sep 28, 2005
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    coriolis Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    You set it in bios

    The w5g is the world model, the w5a is the NA model, same thing but different names

    Like the m6 series is the same as the z70v series but only here it is called the z70v
     
    coriolis, Sep 28, 2005
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    zhakie Notebook Enthusiast

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    @coriolis,
    Good to know they're the same model, thanks :)

    In bios, there's memory (RAM): 496 mb but I can't change that number, no option :(
    maybe bios setting on W5G different?
     
    zhakie, Sep 29, 2005
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    doesn' it come with that though?
     
    DUNCANGEL, Sep 29, 2005
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    zhakie Notebook Enthusiast

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    what do you mean?
    I just want to set memory for video to max 128 mb, but there's no option to change that in bios, so video memory always 16 mb all the time.
    so...how?
     
    zhakie, Sep 29, 2005
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    I believe it allocates RAM of VGA dynamically (as needed) to a max of 128mb
     
    LaZzZy_Dude, Sep 29, 2005
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    mine's already 128MB?
     
    DUNCANGEL, Sep 30, 2005
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    @DUNCANGEL
    Where to check if you get 128 mb ? can you change that?

    Anyone...who will confirm that? thanks
     
    zhakie, Oct 2, 2005
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    Check your system specs. If you had lets say 1gb of ram, and you look and see 896 ram, that means it has used 128mb of ram as VRam, since 1024 - 128 = 896
     
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    @coriolis
    Like I said earlier I see ram 496 mb so, for video=512-496=16 mb (all the time no matter what programs running).
    I can't change that 16 mb to max 128 mb (or any number)
    and DUNCANGEL said his already 128 mb.
    So...??
     
    zhakie, Oct 2, 2005
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