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kittenhead

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    FreeRam showing less Memory
    « on: June 12, 2007, 11:43:17 PM »
    I have 3 sticks of 1gb memory installed on my computer, I also have FreeRam installed to monitor it.  When I go to my computer/properties it says I have 3gb but FreeRam says I only have 2gb(that's total memory not free, right now it says I have 2047 MB free and 2048 installed).  Is something wrong with one of my sticks of memory?  Also before I used FreeRam I used another ram defragmenter and it also said I only had 2gb :o Thanks in advance for the help.
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    Jess607



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      Re: FreeRam showing less Memory
      « Reply #1 on: June 13, 2007, 12:07:51 AM »
      Do you have 7950GX2 SLi?

      You're only using a single MB of your RAM?

      kittenhead

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        Re: FreeRam showing less Memory
        « Reply #2 on: June 13, 2007, 12:44:32 AM »
        Do you have 7950GX2 SLi?
        This is what's on my computer -
        OS - Windows XP Home SP2
        Motherboard - ASUS A8N-SLI Premium
        Processor - AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core
        Video Card - Nividia GeForce 7900 GT/GTO (only one)
        Power Supply - Antec TruePower Trio 650
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        You're only using a single MB of your RAM?
        I'm not sure I understand.
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        You want to go home and rethink your life."

        Jess607



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          Re: FreeRam showing less Memory
          « Reply #3 on: June 13, 2007, 01:15:02 AM »
          You dont know wether u have a 7900 GT or GTO?

          This is what u said "it says I have 2047 MB free and 2048 installed".
          That means that u are only using a single MegaByte of the 2048 installed.

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          Re: FreeRam showing less Memory
          « Reply #4 on: June 13, 2007, 05:09:21 AM »
          Get rid of FreeRAM.
          Programs like that actually reduce performance, ignore them and avoid them, uninstall any you have.
          Look under the system properties (right click My Computer) - how much RAM do you have shown there?

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          Re: FreeRam showing less Memory
          « Reply #5 on: June 13, 2007, 05:21:15 AM »
          Get rid of FreeRAM.
          Look under the system properties (right click My Computer) - how much RAM do you have shown there?
          Basically right click on My Computer, click properties and another small window will pop up.
          At the bottom it tells you how much RAM you have IN TOTAL.

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            Re: FreeRam showing less Memory
            « Reply #6 on: June 13, 2007, 08:07:55 AM »
            Get rid of FreeRAM.
            Look under the system properties (right click My Computer) - how much RAM do you have shown there?
            Basically right click on My Computer, click properties and another small window will pop up.
            At the bottom it tells you how much RAM you have IN TOTAL.
            I've always known to look at my computer and it has always said 3gb but since FreeRam said I only had 2 I was a little concerned with the conflicting totals.  But since you say free ram is junk I suppose I remove it.  Thanks for all the help.  :D
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            You want to go home and rethink your life."

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              Re: FreeRam showing less Memory
              « Reply #7 on: June 13, 2007, 08:09:37 AM »
              Get rid of FreeRAM.
              Programs like that actually reduce performance, ignore them and avoid them, uninstall any you have.
              Look under the system properties (right click My Computer) - how much RAM do you have shown there?

              Well, that makes a lot more sense.

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              Re: FreeRam showing less Memory
              « Reply #8 on: June 13, 2007, 09:12:02 AM »
              Get rid of FreeRAM.
              Look under the system properties (right click My Computer) - how much RAM do you have shown there?
              Basically right click on My Computer, click properties and another small window will pop up.
              At the bottom it tells you how much RAM you have IN TOTAL.
              I've always known to look at my computer and it has always said 3gb but since FreeRam said I only had 2 I was a little concerned with the conflicting totals.  But since you say free ram is junk I suppose I remove it.  Thanks for all the help.  :D
              You're welcome.