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Ermond Trezfer

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I bought another 4gb memory and checked the system properties and it says 8gb(2gb usable) how do I make it 4gb? Or is it that the memory is being declined?
 
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pete_101

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32 bit OS can only support 4GB ram max and usually the actually usable will be lower, but not as low as 2GB. Do you have integrated graphics? Because the allocated ram will be taken off your usable ram.

 
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pete_101

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So what gpu do you have? If you're using integrated graphics, how much ram is allocated to it?

 
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Ermond Trezfer

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How do you check for that? Actually I put in my old card(when i panicked) and the games worked. Problem still persist whenever I try to use my on board graphics and not my video card. The card is a radeon 5450 and my on board graphics were faster than my card.
 
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1st thing to check is how much ram your computer says is usable, now that you have 64 bit Win 7, any difference between installed ram and usable ram is most likely what has been allocated to the graphics. If there is no difference or only a tiny difference, say 64MB then you'll need to enter the bios and change a couple of settings.
I'm going to assume you know how to enter bios on startup and are confident enough to make the changes. Now depending on what mobo and bios you have it may vary slightly, but in most bios setups the graphics is under the "Peripherals" tab. Now there should be an enabled/disenabled for the processor graphics, make sure it's enabled. Then there should be an allocated memory for processor graphics, if this is set low then increase it, 256 or 512MB would be plenty. Then save and exit and hopefully your vram problem is fixed.

 
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Ermond Trezfer

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Selected Force then set it 512. Still the same. Usable memory says 7.44 gb.
 
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pete_101

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Ok, probably a driver issue. Do you have a disc with the drivers for your motherboard? If so, then install the drivers. If not, do you know what type of motherboard you have? The manufacturer will have drivers available to download.
 
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Ermond Trezfer

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I do actually. The motherboard disc says it's installed though..
 
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pete_101

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Well that's strange. Usually the problem would be either the drivers or not enough memory allocated. I'm not enough of an expert to know what else you should try, would be nice if some others would help :)
Well good luck with your problem, I hope you get it solved.
 
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