i have 4 gigs but only 3 are displayed
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WyomingKnott
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Hmm. Can you provide more information, such as the motherboard, the memory that you have, where you got the Enterprise edition (that's pretty unusual for a home hobbyist, or is this at work)? If you install CPU-Z, the information from the memory tabs would be useful in diagnosing this.
Usually we see this with a 32-bit OS which can only support 3 GB, but you have a 64-bit version.
Usually we see this with a 32-bit OS which can only support 3 GB, but you have a 64-bit version.
Hi
If you have enterprise version ask your IT tech support department for advice.
Rarely legal to have enterprise versions outside large organisations
What graphics card do you have?
If using integrated graphics what amount of ram set aside for graphics?
It may be a old motherboard not properly supporting more than 4 GB of ram
As p4 very old system last produced in 2008
Give motherboard model and check you have latest BIOS
Regards
Mike Barnes
If you have enterprise version ask your IT tech support department for advice.
Rarely legal to have enterprise versions outside large organisations
What graphics card do you have?
If using integrated graphics what amount of ram set aside for graphics?
It may be a old motherboard not properly supporting more than 4 GB of ram
As p4 very old system last produced in 2008
Give motherboard model and check you have latest BIOS
Regards
Mike Barnes
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Hmm, for some reason I'm not seeing a screenshot (which I assume is in the OP).
Whether there's a problem or not depends on where you're seeing this:
-- if your BIOS screen at bootup isn't showing all of your RAM, then that's either a RAM slot problem, or a problem with the RAM sticks themselves. If you have multiple sticks, test them individually in the board in every slot. If each stick fails in the same slot, it's a slot issue. If only 1 stick fails, or doesn't show the full RAM, then it's a stick issue.
-- If it's an issue on the System screen in Windows, it's probably not an issue. A message that says, for example, "4.00 GB of RAM (3.57 usable" means that Windows does recognize all 4GB of RAM, & that it's using 0.43GB of it for the OS & any other apps currently running. Note, of course, that in general even 64-bit Windows will use maybe half a GB or less of RAM, even with some programs loaded at startup. So, if you have an entire GB or more taken up right after booting into the OS, you should take a long, hard look at the programs that are starting up with Windows, & disable anything that doesn't need to load. Prime examples are the OpenOffice/LibreOffice "startup accelerator" or Adobe Reader "accelerator"; they claim to be designed to help speed up the loading of those particular applications, but unless you're spending 90% or more of your PC time actively using those apps it's just a waste of resources.
Whether there's a problem or not depends on where you're seeing this:
-- if your BIOS screen at bootup isn't showing all of your RAM, then that's either a RAM slot problem, or a problem with the RAM sticks themselves. If you have multiple sticks, test them individually in the board in every slot. If each stick fails in the same slot, it's a slot issue. If only 1 stick fails, or doesn't show the full RAM, then it's a stick issue.
-- If it's an issue on the System screen in Windows, it's probably not an issue. A message that says, for example, "4.00 GB of RAM (3.57 usable" means that Windows does recognize all 4GB of RAM, & that it's using 0.43GB of it for the OS & any other apps currently running. Note, of course, that in general even 64-bit Windows will use maybe half a GB or less of RAM, even with some programs loaded at startup. So, if you have an entire GB or more taken up right after booting into the OS, you should take a long, hard look at the programs that are starting up with Windows, & disable anything that doesn't need to load. Prime examples are the OpenOffice/LibreOffice "startup accelerator" or Adobe Reader "accelerator"; they claim to be designed to help speed up the loading of those particular applications, but unless you're spending 90% or more of your PC time actively using those apps it's just a waste of resources.
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When I open the same screen on my PC, Installed Memory shows the full 8.00 GB that I have. So, at least for me, it's not subtracting any memory that's pegged for use on the OS.
Unless this system has onboard graphics and has dedicated 0.75 GB to the graphics? I don't think that it works that way, though.
Unless this system has onboard graphics and has dedicated 0.75 GB to the graphics? I don't think that it works that way, though.
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