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    My 32-bit m1530 sees 4.00 RAM?!

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by ApocNarok, May 18, 2008.

  1. ApocNarok

    ApocNarok Notebook Consultant

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    Here's a pic, I just installed SP1 and for some reason it reads all 4.0GB instead of 3.5GB. Any explanation?
     

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    Kdawgca rotaredoM repudrepuS RBN

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    SP1 shows the amount of memory installed, not how much memory is available to use.

    http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=D69C4E1B-C81A-41BE-B1F5-66E615BA5912&displaylang=en
     
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    ApocNarok Notebook Consultant

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    Thanks for the info!
     
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