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BillW50 wrote:
> "Jan Biel" <jan.biel@tu-clausthal.de> wrote in message
> news:d43njp$2n0g$1@ariadne.rz.tu-clausthal.de...
> Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 21:54:30 +0200
>
> What I'm worried about is that the Memory test does not run like
> it's supposed to. Usually you see the numbers being counted up
> from zero at the beginning. This is not the case here. It
> displays the Memory size right away.
>
> Hi Jan... Yes I understand completely. Although unless something isn't
> working incorrectly, I personally wouldn't worry too much about it.
> There are programs out there that can test your RAM, hard drive, etc.
> far better than your BIOS can anyway.
After some tests with programs like that I realized that they only test the
available 192 MB, which wouldn't have been helpful. But after reading that a
part of the memory is reserved for the graphics card that's normal. So in
the end the RAM is absolutely ok, it is only too little after the graphics
card stuff has been taken.
> Well I never used an Acer BIOS myself, so it might be normal. But I
> don't worry too much if the BIOS offers little options at all. While I
> have to admit, it is a bit annoying. But the main job of the BIOS is
> to get the OS up and running. And if it can get that done, I'm pretty
> happy for the most part.
>
> I also read that you ordered another 256MB of RAM! Gosh... from what I
> had read, I feel responsible for your ordering. So what do I owe you
> for that?
Haha, nevermind. I guess I fell for Acer's trick when I bought a 256MB RAM
PC that in fact only was a 192MB RAM one since I didn't know that not all of
the RAM could be used. So in the end it was a lesson worth 30 bucks (which I
payed for the new RAM). I'm not too upset since it's not that expensive and
now I know that I'll invest some more money in a better laptop next time I
need a new one which shouldn't happen for some time to come.
Thanks for the input though. Greatly appreciated
Janbiel
BillW50 wrote:
> "Jan Biel" <jan.biel@tu-clausthal.de> wrote in message
> news:d43njp$2n0g$1@ariadne.rz.tu-clausthal.de...
> Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 21:54:30 +0200
>
> What I'm worried about is that the Memory test does not run like
> it's supposed to. Usually you see the numbers being counted up
> from zero at the beginning. This is not the case here. It
> displays the Memory size right away.
>
> Hi Jan... Yes I understand completely. Although unless something isn't
> working incorrectly, I personally wouldn't worry too much about it.
> There are programs out there that can test your RAM, hard drive, etc.
> far better than your BIOS can anyway.
After some tests with programs like that I realized that they only test the
available 192 MB, which wouldn't have been helpful. But after reading that a
part of the memory is reserved for the graphics card that's normal. So in
the end the RAM is absolutely ok, it is only too little after the graphics
card stuff has been taken.
> Well I never used an Acer BIOS myself, so it might be normal. But I
> don't worry too much if the BIOS offers little options at all. While I
> have to admit, it is a bit annoying. But the main job of the BIOS is
> to get the OS up and running. And if it can get that done, I'm pretty
> happy for the most part.
>
> I also read that you ordered another 256MB of RAM! Gosh... from what I
> had read, I feel responsible for your ordering. So what do I owe you
> for that?
Haha, nevermind. I guess I fell for Acer's trick when I bought a 256MB RAM
PC that in fact only was a 192MB RAM one since I didn't know that not all of
the RAM could be used. So in the end it was a lesson worth 30 bucks (which I
payed for the new RAM). I'm not too upset since it's not that expensive and
now I know that I'll invest some more money in a better laptop next time I
need a new one which shouldn't happen for some time to come.
Thanks for the input though. Greatly appreciated
Janbiel
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