RAM on Windows 7 Ultimate?

[marugby123]

Hello All,
I purchased a Macbook Pro about 2 weeks ago. Below are the specs:

Core i7 2.66ghz (turboboost up to 3.33ghz)
4gb of DDR3 1066mhz
500gb 5400rpm HDD
15" Screen
Intel Chipset/Nvidia 330m 512mb

I installed windows 7 and it runs great, but when i go into the properties of the computer (by right clicking the Computer), it shows that there are 4gb of ram, but only 2.18gb usable.

I'm not really sure why it's showing this. It's not a problem, more of just a curiousity factor. Could it be that the other ram is going to both the intel chipset and the nvidia card?

Thanks,
Marugby123

 

[elpmas]

That's weird...saying only half of your memory is usable...have you checked mroogle to see if any others are having the same issue? Just wondering, are you running parallels, VMware, or bootcamp?

 

[marugby123]

I have checked everywhere else. haven't really seen the same thing.

And i'm running windows 7 ultimate in bootcamp.

Thanks,
Marugby123

 

[balamw]

You didn't mention a key piece of information 32 or 64 bit?

32 bit will generally only be able to access something less than 4 GB, though usually closer to 3 GB than what you report due to having to reserve address space to talk to other hardware, etc...

B

 

[marugby123]

Oops

64 bit. Sorry about that.

Marugby123

 

[darakok]

mine has the exact same problem

i've got exactly the same problem. only 2.18BG out of 4Gb is usable. i checked the "resource Monitor" in windows 7 task manager, i see that 18xxMb is being reserved for hardware. that's why only 2.18Gb left for the OS.

my MBP is the lastest one, 15inch, core i5, 32bit windows 7 Ultimate.


Anyone here has solution please?

dara kok

 

[balamw]

i've got exactly the same problem. only 2.18BG out of 4Gb is usable. i checked the "resource Monitor" in windows 7 task manager, i see that 18xxMb is being reserved for hardware. that's why only 2.18Gb left for the OS.

my MBP is the lastest one, 15inch, core i5, 32bit windows 7 Ultimate.


Anyone here has solution please?

dara kok

You can check which devices are reserving the RAM with the information in the post here: http://superuser.com/questions/5615...address space within the 4GB for hardware. B

 

[ryannazaretian]

A few things to check...

Go to start and type "msconfig" without the quotes.
Go to the BOOT.INI tab.
Press Advanced Options...

Make sure the "Maximum Memory" option is UNCHECKED.

If it is unchecked, then I would probably venture to say that your chipset drivers are not installed (properly).

From what I've read, it's an Intel HM55 chipset.

Try to get the drivers from Intel's website. Hopefully the link works.

Also, it would be a good idea to update your graphics driver as well from nvidia.com.

 

[marugby123]

A few things to check...

Go to start and type "msconfig" without the quotes.
Go to the BOOT.INI tab.
Press Advanced Options...

Make sure the "Maximum Memory" option is UNCHECKED.

If it is unchecked, then I would probably venture to say that your chipset drivers are not installed (properly).

From what I've read, it's an Intel HM55 chipset.

Try to get the drivers from Intel's website. Hopefully the link works.

Also, it would be a good idea to update your graphics driver as well from nvidia.com.

It's actually (in windows 7) msconfig->boot tab-> advanced options->maximum memory (which is unchecked for me). I am finding that 858mb of ram is shared to the video card (by going to the desktop, right click, screen resolution, advanced settings). So that eliminated basically 1gb. So wheres the other gig going???

ryannazaretian, you do NOT want to go to the nvidia/intel website to update the drivers. IF you are going to update the drivers at all, you're better off going through Device Manager (by right clicking my computer, going to manage, then to the device manager tab).
Marugby123

 

[feeth]

I have a 13.3" MBP w 2.4 and 4gb of ram.

Bootcamp w ultimate.

I'm showing 3.74gb of usable.

Hope you get yours figured out soon.