Memory Question

[BoogieMan 0]

When i boot and the system i counting up my memory

(BIOS says to 512Mb)

it says 524288k (524288/1024=512Mb) and i got 512Mb of ram in my system 2x128 and 1x256 so far so good.

 

But when i look in the system in Windows (w2k)

it says 523740k why ??? 548k is missing its the same in Win98

it says 511Mb shouldnt i read 524288 in w2k and 512Mb in Win98

 

my system

 

 

AMD TB 1,2GHz | 512Mb Pc133 | Asus A7V KT133 rev 1.02 BIOS ver 1009| Asus V7700 Geforce GTS2 | SB, Live 5.1 | Sony 12x/8x/32x | Pioneer 16x/40x Reg. Free | 2xFujitsu 20,4Gb ATA100 & 17,3Gb ATA 66 | Netgear Fa310TX | Aopen HX08 & 3x80mm AVC | OS: Win2000Pro & Win98Se Dual Boot|

[FadedTimes 0]

I've seen other peoples systems do the same thing, dropping anywhere from 256k to 8mb (usually caused by on board video, etc.), but I know the answer won't change your life, 548k is nothing.

[pmistry 0]

for Windows 9x, the 511 MB readout in Device Manager is caused by loading stuff into your config.sys or autoexec.bat, mostly DOS TSRS and other programs some of these could be mscdex.exe, mouse.com, smartdrv, emm368, etc...... Especially EMM386.EXE, if you don't need EMM386 which I am sure is the case eliminate it. An ideal config.sys would be either blank or jus

devicehigh=c:\windows\himem.sys

dos=high, umb

 

for the autoexec, leave it blank too, if you don't want it. i usually stick these lines in

set tmp=c:\temp

set temp=c:\temp

then all of the temp files dump into the c:\temp folder and not the c:\windows\temp folder, the same in Win2k just edit the Control Panel > system > advanced > environment and change your administrator temp variables or [whatever user] plus system temp variables.

 

for my system under Windows 2000 i get 523,744 KB available for Windows. The other bits of memory are being used for startup devices that are essential for Windows to run and thus won't appear as usable memory. do not worry you still have 512 MB.

[BoogieMan 0]

OK! i know 548k is nothing

but i was wondering what was causing it??? so its fully normal then???

[BoogieMan 0]

Damn u folks answer quickly THX

[pmistry 0]

yes, everything is normal in your system. you on the other hand...............................