Q127158: Amount of Memory Detected by POST and NTDETECT.COM Differs

Article: Q127158
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
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Last Modified: 08-AUG-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows NT Server version 3.1 
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 3.1 
- Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server, version 3.1 
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 3.5 
- Microsoft Windows NT Server version 3.5 
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NTDETECT.COM detects slightly less memory than the power on self-test
(POST) does.

This is by design. Before NTDETECT.COM loads, some of the memory is used
by the initialization of the Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL). The
difference in memory detected by POST and NTDETECT.COM varies from platform
to platform (Intel, MIPS, Alpha and Power PC).


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