Windows 7 using exactly HALF the installed memory
- by Nathan Ridley
I've taken this directly from system information:
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 4.00 GB
Total Physical Memory 2.00 GB
Available Physical Memory 434 MB
Total Virtual Memory 5.10 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.19 GB
Page File Space 3.11 GB
Also the BIOS reports a full 4GB available.
Note the 4gb installed, yet 2gb total. I understand that on a 32 bit operating system, you'll never get the full 4gb of ram, however typically you'll get in the range of 2.5-3.2gb of ram.
I have only 2gb available! My swap file goes nuts when I do anything! Note that I have dual SLI nvidia video cards, each with 512mb of on board ram, though I have the SLI feature turned off.
Anybody know why Windows might claim that I have exactly 2gb of ram total?
Note: previously asked on SuperUser, but closed as "belongs on superuser" before this site opened: http://serverfault.com/questions/39603/windows-7-using-exactly-half-the-installed-memory (I still need an answer!)