ThinkStation C30 - Windows 7 32bit only 1.95Gb usable RAM
Lenovo have said that the NVIDIA Quadro 600 1Gb graphics card uses 1 GB of the 4GB and that is why it is reporting only 1.95Gb as usable (given its 32bit and the max it would have as useable is 3 - 3.5Gb).
It is not an onboard graphics card but is some-how linked to the processor.
Would some-one be able to explain this to me as I dont understand the concept of the graphics card taking the RAM, in the specs it said it was a 1G card.
Also I ran a BIOS update which said it fixed this RAM problem but it didnt make any difference, I am wondering if I need to make changes in the BIOS.
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The MS article explained more. I have checked and the Hardware Reserved is 2098MB which leaves me with the 1998MB to be used for the system. I'm not sure what I can do now. There doesnt appear to be anyway I can force the BIOS to not reserve so much memory.
Fantastic article by Mark Russinovich
http://blogs.technet.com/b/markrussinovich/archive/2008/07/21/3092070.aspx.
I've attached a screen shot of the device memory usage.
If you have any suggestions (other than move to 64bit Windows) that would be great.
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i doubt that 1 4 GB stick will help - it will (afaik) assign it just the same way it does now
the only solution for more ram, is using 64- bit OS , but then the mobo must agree with more ram also
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