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geoffl

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    Re: Where is my RAM?
    « Reply #15 on: October 01, 2011, 01:50:37 AM »
    Only using windows mail and internet explorer. My other computer has 4gb ram and I thought this would be as fast if that is all it was doing. Seems silly to buy a computer with 1gb RAM and the system tells you that you only have 746mb. I was just thinking maybe there was something loaded that I don't need and that I could get rid of.
    Thanks for your interest
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    jason2074



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    Re: Where is my RAM?
    « Reply #16 on: October 01, 2011, 04:45:32 AM »
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    Only using windows mail and internet explorer
    It might be just on browsing or on Internet connection speed. I also have a Win 7 Starter notebook with 1 gig of RAM but on browsing and emails has never been a problem. Only on some occasional slow internet connection speed. Why not try first using Google Chrome browser to check on the difference. If you are used to have a 2 to 4 gig of memory and a higher end computer, certainly you would see a difference on a 512 to 1 gig of RAM.
    Are you sure your just using one antivirus and firewall as a basic protection software?
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    geoffl

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      Re: Where is my RAM?
      « Reply #17 on: October 01, 2011, 05:41:32 AM »
      Thank you. Will try Google Chrome. Only have Nortons and Windows firewall says Norton is magaging it.
      Thanks for your help.
      Regards
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      immental1200

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      Re: Where is my RAM?
      « Reply #18 on: October 01, 2011, 06:30:55 AM »
      You mean the system was sold as having 1GB of RAM, yet 764mb is all that is showing up? This could be a bad mobo or RAM stick.
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      Re: Where is my RAM?
      « Reply #19 on: October 01, 2011, 09:19:39 AM »
      Quote from: immental1200 on October 01, 2011, 06:30:55 AM
      You mean the system was sold as having 1GB of RAM, yet 764mb is all that is showing up? This could be a bad mobo or RAM stick.

      128MB is allocated to the Graphics chipset.
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      patio

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      Re: Where is my RAM?
      « Reply #20 on: October 01, 2011, 09:20:34 AM »
      Or 256...
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      Re: Where is my RAM?
      « Reply #21 on: October 01, 2011, 09:24:46 AM »
      Quote from: patio on October 01, 2011, 09:20:34 AM
      Or 256...
      oops, that's what I've been meaning to say. don't know where I got 128 from...
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      Re: Where is my RAM?
      « Reply #22 on: October 01, 2011, 09:26:36 AM »
      Quote from: jason2074 on October 01, 2011, 04:45:32 AM
      It might be just on browsing or on Internet connection speed. I also have a Win 7 Starter notebook with 1 gig of RAM but on browsing and emails has never been a problem.
      jason, how are you accessing your email, via email client or web browser?
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      immental1200

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      Re: Where is my RAM?
      « Reply #23 on: October 01, 2011, 05:50:07 PM »
      Quote from: BC_Programmer on October 01, 2011, 09:19:39 AM
      128MB is allocated to the Graphics chipset.

      When I posted that, I was the first reply. I left it sat there for a while before I hit post i guess...
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      Re: Where is my RAM?
      « Reply #24 on: October 01, 2011, 06:16:41 PM »
      Quote from: immental1200 on October 01, 2011, 05:50:07 PM
      When I posted that, I was the first reply. I left it sat there for a while before I hit post i guess...

      HuH ? ?
      What does that mean ? ?
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      Re: Where is my RAM?
      « Reply #25 on: October 02, 2011, 02:45:38 AM »
      Quote from: patio on October 01, 2011, 06:16:41 PM
      HuH ? ?
      What does that mean ? ?

      It means my browser screwed up, so just ignore any previous posts from me on this topic.
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      stix



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      Re: Where is my RAM?
      « Reply #26 on: October 02, 2011, 04:39:42 AM »
      what i could suggest to help you speed up your computer a bit, is to uninstall norton via their uninstall tool that i think you can get from their website somewhere, it ends up working cleaner then the uninstall that comes with it, and install microsoft security essentials from microsofts website, for a free anti virus, and if you can, buy webroot internet security essentials, both work well in tandem, and they are what i currently run on my windows machine, both together use ~90mb of ram, out of 6gb. im betting norton would be using twice that
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      Re: Where is my RAM?
      « Reply #27 on: October 02, 2011, 05:30:55 AM »
      There's absolutely nothing wrong with the current version of Norton.

      A few years ago the the Norton programs were rewritten from scratch. Now they're much more on par for resources with other full-featured pay programs. It had a bad rep for being a resource hog in the past, and people just can't get over that. I have it installed on 3 (one XP, one Vista, and one 7) and none of them have a problem with it.
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