Only 3.6 out of 4 GB usable RAM on X120e

[wdjan]

Hello all,

I am the proud owner of a new Lenovo X120e. It is my first purchase from Lenovo and so far I am very impressed. There is something that is bother me however. I purchased the unit with 4 GB of RAM and Windows Professional 64-bit. Windows is telling me that only 3.6 out of the 4 GB is usable.

I'm just wondering if anyone has ever heard of/had this type of problem before and if there is an easy fix. I have done a couple of Google searches, but can't seem to find anything.

[clicq · Accepted solution]

As with most integrated graphics solutions, the Radeon 6310 graphics uses some amount of system memory, which is why it's not available to Windows. On my x120e, which has 6 gb of RAM installed, only 5.60gb is usable by windows.

[wdjan]

Ooooooh, I see. Thanks for the reply. I thought that I had somehow landed with a 32-bit operating systme, but that makes more sense.

[The_Solutor Guru]

Probably it has more GPU dedicated ram than the X100e and Edge11 AMD where 3.75 GB are usable.

[waegookin]

how did you get 6gb of ram on your x120e? i thought it was up to only 4gb!? also would you happen to have the links or brand of the ram you bought?! haha.. that would be awesome to have 6gb!

[lapoltba]

I got 8GB from newegg. Mushkin:

8 GB mushkin essentials

Got it last week for $72 after rebate.

[waegookin]

thank you sir! thats awesome. i will be ordering this right away! haha. 

[HiVolt]

I have 8GB in my x120e without any issues either. And Win7 64 shows 7.6 out of 8GB available.