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Michael Brown
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 12, 2006 10:29 am    Post subject: BillW50... Reply with quote
Hey Bill on your MX6124, how much video memory does it say you have in your
BIOS?

Thanks,
Mike
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Michael Brown
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 12, 2006 11:23 pm    Post subject: Re: BillW50... Reply with quote
Thanks Bill. That is exactly the way mine looks. I've been talking to
Gateway because it only shows 8MB in the BIOS. My older Gateway shows 32MB
there. Gateway techs says I should be able to manually change that number.
then another still says it should change with the RAM I install. Now with
2GB RAM installed, it should be at the max. They are sending me RMA # to
send it back to see why it does not. I was just wondering if I was the only
one that shows 8MB in BIOS.

Thanks,
Mike
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"Michael Brown" <mcrunner1@msn.com> wrote in message
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Hey Bill on your MX6124, how much video memory does it say you have
in your BIOS?

Hi Mike... It states 8MB as in this snapshot.

http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/6678/20061112124103aanc3.jpg

But that is okay, as it uses up to 128MB shared memory. But with only
512MB of RAM installed, Windows is only using 64MB for the video. DXDIAG
reports the same. As seen here:

http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/5374/mx6124videoramsf8.gif

It you want it to use more shared video memory, you need to add more
memory. I would think that 2GB would give you 128MB of video memory. But I
am not sure what would happen with just 1GB of memory. If you ever find
out, let me know.

If you are not using Windows OS, I have no idea how shared memory works
for say something like Linux. If someone knows, please let me know. Thanks
in advance.

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Bill
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BillW50
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 12, 2006 11:23 pm    Post subject: Re: BillW50... Reply with quote
"Michael Brown" <mcrunner1@msn.com> wrote in message
news:Pr-dnTofGcy5OcvYnZ2dnUVZ_qidnZ2d@adelphia.com
Quote:
Hey Bill on your MX6124, how much video memory does it say you have
in your BIOS?

Hi Mike... It states 8MB as in this snapshot.

http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/6678/20061112124103aanc3.jpg

But that is okay, as it uses up to 128MB shared memory. But with only
512MB of RAM installed, Windows is only using 64MB for the video. DXDIAG
reports the same. As seen here:

http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/5374/mx6124videoramsf8.gif

It you want it to use more shared video memory, you need to add more
memory. I would think that 2GB would give you 128MB of video memory. But
I am not sure what would happen with just 1GB of memory. If you ever
find out, let me know.

If you are not using Windows OS, I have no idea how shared memory works
for say something like Linux. If someone knows, please let me know.
Thanks in advance.

--
Bill
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BillW50
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 5:52 am    Post subject: Re: BillW50... Reply with quote
No don't send it in, the tech is mistaken. Check what Windows says it
is. That should say 128MB. Don't pay attention to what the BIOS says. As
the BIOS doesn't even need 8MB of RAM to display the information on the
screen. And once Windows boots it changes it to much higher.


"Michael Brown" <mcrunner1@msn.com> wrote in message
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Quote:
Thanks Bill. That is exactly the way mine looks. I've been talking
to Gateway because it only shows 8MB in the BIOS. My older Gateway
shows 32MB there. Gateway techs says I should be able to manually
change that number. then another still says it should change with the
RAM I install. Now with 2GB RAM installed, it should be at the max.
They are sending me RMA # to send it back to see why it does not. I
was just wondering if I was the only one that shows 8MB in BIOS.

Thanks,
Mike
"BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> wrote in message
news:45576e9c$0$1342$834e42db@reader.greatnowhere.com...
"Michael Brown" <mcrunner1@msn.com> wrote in message
news:Pr-dnTofGcy5OcvYnZ2dnUVZ_qidnZ2d@adelphia.com
Hey Bill on your MX6124, how much video memory does it say you have
in your BIOS?

Hi Mike... It states 8MB as in this snapshot.

http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/6678/20061112124103aanc3.jpg

But that is okay, as it uses up to 128MB shared memory. But with only
512MB of RAM installed, Windows is only using 64MB for the video.
DXDIAG reports the same. As seen here:

http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/5374/mx6124videoramsf8.gif

It you want it to use more shared video memory, you need to add more
memory. I would think that 2GB would give you 128MB of video memory.
But I am not sure what would happen with just 1GB of memory. If you
ever find out, let me know.

If you are not using Windows OS, I have no idea how shared memory
works for say something like Linux. If someone knows, please let me
know. Thanks in advance.

--
Bill
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