Installed 4GB RAM, Only 2.91GB Usable - Thoughts Appreciated

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HLG600 · #1 Post by **HLG600** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 11:52 am

Just picked up an X200, which came with 3GB of RAM. I upgraded it to 4GB and only 2.91GB is listed as usable. Operating system is W7 Ultimate 32Bit, which should handle 4GB of RAM. Some research has suggested I go into the BIOS to adjust it to realize all memory, but I am unsure how to do that. Any thoughts?

Thank you!

iamdmc · #2 Post by **iamdmc** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 1:11 pm

Nope.

32 bit can't 'handle' 4GB

Reinstall using 64-bit

HLG600 · #3 Post by **HLG600** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 3:44 pm

I'd still like to see if I could at least get 3.5GB out of it. Some further digging pointed me in the direction of memory remapping in the BIOS.

iamdmc · #4 Post by **iamdmc** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 7:51 am

Probably the Intel integrated graphics using a good portion of your RAM.

Installed 4GB RAM, Only 2.91GB Usable - Thoughts Appreciated

Installed 4GB RAM, Only 2.91GB Usable - Thoughts Appreciated

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