Jatin K wrote: > On Wednesday 12 May 2010 04:41 AM, Bill Davidsen wrote: >> Jatin K wrote: >> >>> On Tuesday 11 May 2010 05:27 PM, Roberto Ragusa wrote: >>> >>>> Jatin K wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> Dear All >>>>> >>>>> I've a new Dell Inspiton 1564 laptop with 1GB graphics card and 4GB >>>>> DDR3 >>>>> RAM, FC 12 64bit installed on it , but in system information tab it >>>>> shows 3.7GB usable RAM. My Question is "what about the remaining >>>>> RAM ??" >>>>> is it shared with graphics card ? then what is the meaning of >>>>> dedicated >>>>> RAM of my graphics card ( if graphics card shares my installed ram >>>>> module ) >>>>> >>>>> any idea ?? >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Maybe the integrated graphics card is still stealing some RAM (256MiB?) >>>> even if you don't use it. >>>> A quick Google search of your "1564" appears to confirm that the >>>> integrated graphics card is not useable. >>>> >>> integrated graphics card is not usable ??? means ????? >>> can understand what you wanna say >>> >>> >>>> We can not be sure that >>>> the BIOS is well written, though. >>>> >>>> /var/log/dmesg may contain hints. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> please have a look at the output[1] on "cat /var/log/dmesg" >>> >>> [1] http://cl1p.net/jk/ >>> >>> >> The log seems to be missing all of the memory stuff at the beginning, >> lines with >> terms like 820e and MTRR in them. > > ok, > > can you have a look at attached file ??? is it ok ... does it says > something usable ??? > It says you have a lot of various small areas of unusable memory, and the memory registers aren't up to using some of the small bits and pieces. Unless there's a BIOS update available I would say that what you see is what you get. -- Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx> "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
