Reformating

When i baught my comp it had 515MB now it's down to 504...after i refomated it

 

Do you mean ram?
no formating doesnt. It could just be that ram is used for cd-burning.

 

Correct me if im wrong, but im sure the processes needed to run windows need Ram too

 

no its only registering his computer as having 504mb ram.

this can be caused by a dvd or cd burner using your ram as a buffer. I have an LG cdrw that takes away 20mb ram for its buffer.

 

Reformatting just nukes your hard drive, nothing else ^^

 

hahaha ye thats what it does basically

Nukes it -lol

 

make it sound like a bad thing to do

 

Or is it.....

 

what happened to the report button so I can report this kid for continous spam?

 

also consider that INT GFX or a soundcard might be using it as well and not simply just a CD drive. check BIOS. also, it's 8mb it doesnt' matter worth shid.

 

they took it off a while ago, just send a PM to a mod, and they'll take care of it...

formatting does not touch your ram. if you have 1gb, it does not matter weather you lose a few mb... even with 128mb, ive seen 130 and 120...

 

8MB missing... sounds like a onboard gfx card to me

 

Bottom line...

If you reformat, you dont lose ram, the reason your computer is showing that it has less ram is because a little bit of your ram's being held back for use with different processes.

 

circa 1999... anything within the last 3 years will reserve 64 or 128mb

 

You got a data of his mainboard ?