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‎09-27-2019 12:05 AM

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Product: HP Notebook - 15-db1011ns
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

Hello,

My laptop has 8 GB of RAM but apparently 2 of those are hardware reserved. 

 

Can I change that "hardware reserved memory" setting and make it lower?

 

I attach an image. 

 

I have read some articles about this but none of them worked for me.

 

Many thanks in advance.

 

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‎09-27-2019 01:20 AM

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@LuisOlias 

 

System uses spare/available RAM for video RAM (VRAM or graphics). No worries, it will adjust AUTOMATICALLY when system needs more RAM and it will take away VRAM for system RAM.

 

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BH
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‎09-27-2019 01:20 AM

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@LuisOlias 

 

System uses spare/available RAM for video RAM (VRAM or graphics). No worries, it will adjust AUTOMATICALLY when system needs more RAM and it will take away VRAM for system RAM.

 

Regards.

BH
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‎11-20-2019 11:45 AM

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@Banhien 

That's not true for Athlon 300U + Vega 3. My configuration is the same, 8Gb RAM with only 5.9Gb available. When RAM usage hits that 5.9Gb limit, the reserved memory isn't released and system starts to swap. 

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