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    i don't get this memory report . do i have 3 gb

    Discussion in 'HP' started by jerry66, Apr 30, 2008.

  1. jerry66

    jerry66 Notebook Deity

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    or 2gb , and why the 2 numbers ? in system it says 3 gb total mem , then chipset reports 2 gb total ? or is cipset l-2 cache / core ?


    System
    System : Hewlett-Packard HP Compaq 8510p
    Platform Compliance : Intel Centrino Duo Mobile Technology
    Mainboard : Hewlett-Packard 30C5
    Bus(es) : X-Bus PCI PCIe IMB PCMCIA CardBus USB FireWire/1394
    Multi-Processor (MP) Support : No
    Multi-Processor Advanced PIC (APIC) : Yes
    System BIOS : Hewlett-Packard 68MVD Ver. F.0F
    Total Memory : 3GB DDR2

    Chipset
    Model : HP Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Express Processor to DRAM Controller
    Front Side Bus Speed : 4x 200MHz (800MHz)
    Total Memory : 2GB DDR2
    Memory Bus Speed : 2x 333MHz (666MHz)
     
    jerry66, Apr 30, 2008
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  2. Lithus

    Lithus NBR Janitor

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    Run dxdiag. Whatever it says there is what you have.
     
    Lithus, Apr 30, 2008
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  3. flipfire

    flipfire Moderately Boss

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    I dont think they updated the documentation for the chipset, thats why it still says max 2gb support
     
    flipfire, Apr 30, 2008
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