Laptop Ram Mystery

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November 29th, 2008, 10:52 PM

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Laptop Ram Mystery

I got a laptop a couple years ago for a present (An HP Pavilion ze2315us to be exact.) In the control panel, it says my computer has 384 MB of RAM. I figure there is a 256 and a 128 in there.

So, being the dork that I am, I am not satisfied with that number and I go to upgrade. When I open it up, much to my surprise there are two 256s.

I figured one of the chips was faulty. So I tested them individually. When only one chip is in, my comp has 224 MB of RAM. I tried this with both chips, each one gives me 224. I tried this in each slot with the same result.

Then I put in both chips, and I get 384.

Shouldn't I have 448? Anyone have any thoughts? I don't want to go buy more RAM if its not going to work.

November 30th, 2008, 10:47 PM

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More than likely your laptop grabbed a chunk of RAM for video memory. Your laptop documentation should shed some light on this.

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November 30th, 2008, 11:04 PM

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It delivers up to 128 MB of video RAM shared with the system RAM.

as expected, its the video card that is stealing your ram. The specs say it will take up to a gig, two 512 sticks.

Not clear if its worth it, as it has a pretty slow CPU.

DSL or other lightweight Linux may be the best solution.

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