You have an onboard video card don't you?  Most of the new onboard video cards uses 
system RAM as video memory.  So, if you say to the BIOS that you have a 64megs video 
card, then it will take 64megs of your 128 megs of system ram as video memory.

If you already disabled the shared memory, you disabled your onboard video card.  If 
you want to fix this without having to buy an add-on video card, read your motherboard 
documentation on how to restore the BIOS to default setings (usually by setting a 
jumper on the motherboard).  Be sure to do exactly what the documentation sais.  
Jumping the wrong thing may break your motherboard...

____________________________________ 
Albert Charron 
Trisotech Inc.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 



-----Original Message-----
From: Sean Goh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 9:50 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [newbie] really really out of topic


Hi guys,
    I'm using 128 mb ram and when i boot up it says in parenthesis that 
64mb is shared. When i booted to windows, it says i have 64mb ram. So i 
tot i'd try to disable the shared by going to Bios. After i exited and 
lo and behold, i don't get no text on my comp...it's a complete blank!!! 
Now i'm so frustrated with my new computer and i already took out the 
battery for 30 mins and put it back in and still nothing!! Help i'm 
really desperate! I just want to install Linux and all this had to happen.

Regards,
Sean




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