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Hi Goons, I have been having crashing issues with Dota 2 since upgrading my RAM from 2gb total (1gb sticks) to 4gb total (2gb sticks). I'm not sure if RAM is the issue, since the game was just patched. However, when I looked at my system information, I noticed that: Total Physical Memory is 3.37 GB Available Physical Memory is 919 MB This seems like a big problem to me. What could be the cause of it? Or is it not a problem at all? I don't know anything about computer hardware, and when I purchased the RAM I just looked up my computer on crucial.com, went to Newegg.com, and purchased an approximate match for what crucial.com suggested. Maybe I should have just ponied up the extra $30 to get the crucial.com memory kit. Thanks for your help with this.
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Jul 7, 2014 15:03
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Install a 64bit os
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Jul 7, 2014 15:05
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Don Lapre posted:Install a 64bit os It's true that I am using Vista 32-bit. However, shouldn't I be able to access about 3gb of the memory?
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Jul 7, 2014 15:13
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Your ram is just being used, cached, or reserved when you look at system info. Even using 1 browser with 3 tabs I'm "using" 3 gb of ram, out of 4 on this laptop. A lot of that will free up if something really needs the ram. The problem here is what don larpe said. Use a 64 bit OS 1gnoirents fucked around with this message at 18:45 on Jul 7, 2014 |
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Jul 7, 2014 15:24
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goatmouth posted:It's true that I am using Vista 32-bit. However, shouldn't I be able to access about 3gb of the memory? Your video card's ram is included in the pool you have available. Also install a 64 bit OS.
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Jul 7, 2014 18:27
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Available memory is your total memory minus the amount in use. Use the task manager to figure out what is consuming the most memory.
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Jul 7, 2014 18:43
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hifi posted:Available memory is your total memory minus the amount in use. Use the task manager to figure out what is consuming the most memory. Hes probably referring to usable memory in system control panel. 
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Jul 7, 2014 18:48
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Factor Mystic posted:Your video card's ram is included in the pool you have available. Also install a 64 bit OS. This is a common but untrue myth, video RAM is not directly addressable and does not cut into available RAM directly. There is some amount of RAM used up by all hardware device mappings including the video card, but this is a fixed amount tied to the specific chipset you're using and won't change when you change the amount of video card RAM you use. Can be anywhere from 500MB to 1GB on most machines nowadays.
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Jul 7, 2014 22:39
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Also to all those saying just install a 64 bit os, that won't always fix the problem because I also have the same issue.
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Jul 7, 2014 22:49
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It sometimes depends on your motherboard & BIOS too. I've had a machine from 2007 that would only read ~3 Gb of memory even after installing 64-bit Windows 7 until a BIOS update.
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Jul 7, 2014 23:06
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wargames posted:Also to all those saying just install a 64 bit os, that won't always fix the problem because I also have the same issue. Check your bios for a memory remap option.
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Jul 7, 2014 23:12
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We had the same problem with some dumb HP laptops at work. 4GB of ram, less than 1GB usable. Our solution? send the laptops back and get lenovos because HP support told us to use the reinstall disc to revert to the factory image. Thanks buddy, good advice on my $1500 enterprise laptop.
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Jul 7, 2014 23:45
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wargames posted:Also to all those saying just install a 64 bit os, that won't always fix the problem because I also have the same issue. I've seen that happen with faulty DIMMs. Sometimes reseating the DIMM helps, other times it just keeps happening and what's going on is that the memory is detected but it never is actually used.
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Jul 8, 2014 00:17
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I think this blog post may help shed light on what is going on: http://blogs.technet.com/b/askperf/archive/2007/04/13/memory-management-dude-where-s-my-ram.aspx And like other respondents have said, Available memory is what you have left of the total amount after various Windows processes use memory.
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Jul 9, 2014 20:17
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Does your CPU/Mobo have an integrated GPU? Have you tried disabling it in the BIOS? Sometimes they will reserve system memory even though nothing in the OS is reporting it.
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Jul 9, 2014 20:32
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Dilbert As gently caress posted:Does your CPU/Mobo have an integrated GPU? Have you tried disabling it in the BIOS? Sometimes they will reserve system memory even though nothing in the OS is reporting it. It does not, but I am pretty sure it the faulty dimms or my MB is hosed.
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Jul 10, 2014 13:43
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