Re: XyWin on XP

["Patricia M. Godfrey" PriscaMG@xxxxxxxx]

Harry Binswanger  wrote:
>> Belarc Advisor...reports...
>>Memory Modules c,d:
>>384 Megabytes Installed Memory
>>Slot 'U5' has 256 MB
>>Slot 'U6' has 256 MB
>>...c. Memory slot contents may not add up to Installed Memory if some
memory is not recognized by Windows....
>> I wonder if "some memory is not recognized by Windows."
It's remotely possible, but not likely. Do you have any documentation
for this system's graphic cards/circuits? Check that first and see if
any of the display RAM is "shared"; as in my home system, that will
account for the discrepancy quite simply. There used to be a
situation--but I thought this had been resolved years ago--in which up
to 384 K of RAM was overwritten by the UMA, but that showed up in the POST.
By the bye, I recently heard that some el cheapo AGP graphics cards CALL
themselves 256 Mb graphics cards but are actually "borrowing" much if
not all of that RAM from the system RAM. On-board VGA circuits (i.e.,
built in to the Mobo) have always done this.

Patricia M. Godfrey