TECRA A11/S11, Satellite Pro S500

Memory

Memory slots

1 GB, 2 GB or 4 GB memory modules can be

 

installed in the computer’s two memory slots for a

 

maximum of 8,192MB system memory.

 

The actual amount of useable system memory

 

will be less than the installed memory modules.

 

 

Video RAM

The memory in a computer’s graphics adaptor,

 

used to store the image displayed on a bitmap

 

display.

 

The amount of Video RAM available is

 

dependent on the computer’s system memory.

 

Start ->Control Panel ->Appearance and

 

Personalization ->Display ->Adjust

 

resolution.

 

The amount of Video RAM can be verified by

 

clicking the Advanced Settings button in the

 

Screen Resolution window.

 

 

If your computer is configured with more than 3 GB memory, the memory might be displayed as approximately 3 GB only (depending on the computer’s hardware specifications).

This is correct because the operating system usually displays the available memory instead of the physical memory (RAM) built into the computer.

Various system components (like the video adapter’s GPU and PCI devices like Wireless LAN, etc.) require their own memory space. Since a 32-bit operating system cannot address more than 4 GB of memory, these system resources overlap the physical memory. It is a technical limitation that the overlapped memory is not available to the operating system. Even though some tools might display the actual physical memory built into your computer, the memory available to the operating system will still be approximately 3 GB only.

Legal Footnote (Memory (Main System))

For more information regarding Memory (Main System), please refer to Appendix G, Legal Footnotes.

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