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Ticallion
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_ 		11. February 2007 @ 03:58 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hi all,

Well, I made the terrible mistake of upgrading to Vista, never before have I seen my system run so slow, never before have I used an OS that was hardly compatible with any software BUT........ thats not really the issue, Vista is telling me that I've only got 512MB of RAM when I know for sure that I have 1Gb, which seemed fine on XP, The sticks are in same as they were before, I really havent changed a thing, but this is really really annoying the hell out of me. Any suggestions???
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rubixcube
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_ 		11. February 2007 @ 20:06 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
vista can automatically assign a certain amount of your RAM as shared graphics, even if you have a standalone graphics card. as yet, I don't know how to change it, so I have the same problem as you
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_ 		11. February 2007 @ 20:20 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
According to your post XP recognized the full 1GB but Vista only 'sees' 512MB. Just to make sure a stick hasn't gone bad does your BIOS see the full 1GB? If so maybe its a "feature" in Vista? I will try and dig up some dirt on this and will report when/if I find anything.

Peace
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