i have 512MB RAM in my PC. But System info shows 160MB of available physical mem without any program running y
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Contrary to what the processes box says is running and what is not is not always 100% true. Your OS alone depending on what version and what its performing can take a bit of your memory but not that much. Seems to me you have one of two things. You either have a virus running in the back ground using your computer as a slave, or you burnt out one of your memory sticks, which is highly possible.
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"Physical memory" is the actual amount of memory that your computer has. It's the Random Access Memory (RAM) cards that are plugged into your motherboard. When you read that a computer has "512 megabytes of DDR SDRAM," that's physical memory.\n\nGenerally, "Virtual Memory" refers to how an operating system can "fool" an appliation into thinking that the memory it is using is in one place, when actually it is in some other place. For example, the appliation might think it is using RAM, when in fact the operating system is storing the information on your hard disk drive or in some other place in RAM.\n\n"Logical memory" usually means the same thing as "virtual memory."\n\nFor more information about these terms, look them up at http://www.wikipedia.org
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I assume what you're talking about is the amount of RAM available to your system, which can be found out without doing a reset of your computer. Go to Start > Run and then type in "dxdiag". The amount of memory available will be on the first page.
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if the ram chip doesnt say the capacity on it, there rly is no way of u knowing how much memory its holding unless u install it onto a motherboard and check, unless it has some kinda serial number on it, and u look it up on the net, but i doubt that highly.
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Static RAM and Dynamic RAM
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Every motherboard has a part number, usually next to the serial number.  Copy it down, type it into Google, and it should come up with the specs of your MB including the type of memory required.
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ram is ur phisical memory so if u hav low ram ur computer is slow and u cant open so much windows and ther are some games which need loads of phisical memory so if u have low ram and the game needs many ram it wont open or it will be slow
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In most cases it depends on the programs that are residing in ur primary memory(RAM). Generally lot many programs related to certain softwares u have in ur system reside in ur RAM there by cramping the space for the normal processes to run.\n\nIn general, all these program/processes need not reside in ur primary memory & can be called when u use that particular software only.\n\nGo to Run. Type msconfig, go to start up menu & there delete all the unwanted programs.
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find the motherboard online and check how much memory it can hold
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go to http://www.crucial.com and  it will tell you the excat amount of memory your system uses and the type
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In XP,  do a ctrl-alt-delete.\nIt'll bring you to a screen that shows different processes.  Click on performance, and it'll show the amount of memory used.
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You probably need to update your BIOS, check with the manufacturer to see if an update is available.  Some older motherboards don't like seeing a 160GB hard drive and will limit your storage no matter what you do in Windows.
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Right click onb the My Computer Icon and click properties. You should see a wealth of information about your computer, and of course you RAM size
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sounds like you need more Ram
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Clean it up before you possibly add more RAM.\nDownload the following specific programs for free and learn how to use each after temporarily turning off system restore.\nGoogle free downloads from majorgeeks.com:\nHijackthis\nHijackthis log\nAVG anti-virus\nAd-Aware anti-adware&#92;\nSpybot anti-spyware\nGood luck!!!
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You need to buy more memory - 256MB is chump change as far as RAM is concerned nowadays. You pretty much need at least 1GB.
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yah it shoudl run without any issues make msure you have more than 512 MB RAM.\n\nkshounish