Without knowing details, it seems more likely to me that the "missing" 8M is being used as video memeory, and thus not available to the system. This is almsot certainly the case if there is no separate video card and the video is "on board".
Sometimes you can configure this in the BIOS. On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 06:23:39PM +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am using a computer that has these specs: > > 2.4Ghz Acer > Win XP Pro > 512MB RAM > 149GB HD > 3.5" 1.44 FD > > Now, When I click on 'System', in the 'Control Panel', it consistently tells > me, there is only 504MB RAM. That says to me, that something is wrong with > the RAM but, it isn't keeping the computer from running so, I would love some > feedback on this. > > Christopher > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
