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Hypermemory

you need to post your specs for your system..

If it's a onboard v card yes you can by disabling that and adding another card tot he system. On some motherboards you can stop it from sharing ram but with the lack of details it's harder for anyone to help you.
 
Oh, I though specs didn't matter.

The card's a 5670 with 512 MB but HyperMemory uses up 767 MB (I have 2 GB, so I end up with 1281 MB).

The motherboard is quite old: ASRock AM2NF6G-VSTA
 
Hi Isenstaedt,

I've got the same board and a separate graphics card, so maybe I can be of help.
As the separate GPU arrived I liked to reclaim some memory but found no way to disable the onboard graphics. There is no way to set "Onboard GPU" to "off". This is done by configuring the shared gfx memory. Go into the BIOS and find the option for "Shared Memory". It determines how much mem is given to he card. Before I had entered a fixed value but to disable the onboard gpu (it does not appead as installed hardware, so it is indeed shut off) set the memory size to "Auto". This has confused me a bit but with a twisted mind it makes sense: separate GPU found, "Auto" set, therefore set shared memory to 0; no memory, therefore onboard GPU has no memory, disable onboard gfx; prego!

(If this doesn't help I'll have another look in my BIOS to recheck the settings)
 
Isenstaedt said:
Sounds plausible, but how do I go into the bios?
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When you start the computer or did a reset you usually see a black screen with some grey text in it (if you see a fullscreen logo or something alike then this is a manufaturer's page to keep the nontechies away from the innards).
The BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) then performs the POST (Power On Self Test) which checks the BIOS checksum, RAM, the drives, attached keyboard, etc.

Normally there is a phrase like "Press F1 to enter BIOS". The key to press is usually F1, F2, DEL or something alike. This depends on the BIOS manufaturer, but the key you need to press is told to you. Now, press the key when the phase appears and before the installed OS (Operating System) linke Windows/Linux/etc. boots.

This will bring you into the BIOS settings. Here you can change many things that configure your rig, like time and date, installed drives, boot order, onboard controllers like Floppy/PATA/SATA/COM/LPT/USB/onboard sound/onboard GPU/etc. as far as memory timings, bus speeds, CPU functions like CNQ, etc.

Find the key you want to change, set it to the desired value and exit the BIOS via "Save and Quit". This reboots your computer and activates your changes.
 
There was a shared memory key, but it only controlled the amount of memory shared with the chipset.
 
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look at the shared memory, some bios may use different name but its the same
 
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