Dell XPS 13 System Memory Issues (Probably caused by Intel HD3000)

[Dale Dellutri]

On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 9:46 AM, Lorenzo Villani <lorenzo at villani.me> wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I recently bought a Dell XPS 13 and noticed that the amount of memory
> visible to the system is lower than I expected. This machine ships with
> a 4Gb module even though the system "sees" only 3,2Gb.

I assume that the BIOS will tell you how much is taken by the Intel HD 3000,
not just how much total memory.

Another possibility:
  $ lspci -vv
should also tell you how much the VGA controller is using.

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Dale Dellutri