Dell Inspiron 6000 video help

The amount of memory use is dynamically adjusted by the operating system depending on current usage. Simply put, when you need it, it will increase. Don't worry about it, you cannot change it.

Stu

Yes, I just found out you have 64mb shared memory.

Go into display properties, and click on the settings tab, then advanced tab. Once there, click on adapter tab. If you have the right driver, it should list available memory settings. If not? Then it will just adjust like sakor said.

64 shared I found in your user manual for that model. I use to have onboard video, and that's how I use to change the settings if I didn't feel like changing it in the BIOS. Did you do what I said yet? You can set it as high as you like, since you have 1GB of memory. I only set it at 8MB if I'm not gaming, since it does use system memory as shared memory.

If you're looking in the adapter tab and don't see it, then you should have a drop down menu option where it states what you're using in ram (memory). Beside the 8mb, there should be a half arrow pointing down....never could remember what those are called.

Well brother, you might be out of luck with me. I see that it's up to 64mb shared with ATI, but it doesn't say what the intel has.

Did you look in the display settings as suggested? Anyway, looking at this you should have 256mb shared video with the intel based video chipset.

Inspiron 6000
A base Inspiron 6000 was shipped with a 1.5 GHz (upgradeable up to 2.13 GHz) Intel Pentium M processor or a 1.3 GHz (upgradeable up to 1.5 GHz) Intel Celeron M processor, 256 MB RAM (upgradeable to 2 GB), 400/533 MHz FSB, Intel 915GM/PM chipset, an Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (with up to 256 MB shared memory), 40 GB Ultra ATA hard drive (upgradeable) and a 15.4-inch WXGA wide-screen monitor. Like the Inspiron 9300, it featured DDR2 random access memory. In comparison with other Inspiron models, the 6000 was considered the "versatile and affordable" member of the Dell notebook line.
The higher-priced Inspiron 6000D provided a dedicated graphics chip, the ATI Mobility Radeon X300 64 MB PCI Express x16 (upgradeable to 128 MB), which ran at a core speed of 300 MHz and DDR memory speed of 216 MHz.
The Inspiron 6000 from Dell was among the first notebooks to arrive on the market with Intel's new Sonoma technology. According to Dell, the Inspiron 6000 would deliver faster data processing, and users - particularly gamers and graphics pros -- should see less audio and video chop, quicker task execution, less power consumption and enhanced battery life as a result. The Inspiron 6000 notebook added features and help files making it easier and faster to operate.
In addition the Inspiron 6000 offered a number of improvements over the Inspiron 5160, which it replaced in Dell's home/small business line-up. Upgraded features included a 15.4 in wide-screen display (available in WXGA with a 1280x800 resolution, WSXGA+ with a 1680x1050 resolution and WUXGA with a 1920x1200 resolution), a slightly slimmer profile (though it's about 2.5cm wider) and a Manufacturers bundle- (starter) memory cards that accommodated only a handful of photos.



And here it's only 128mb

Technical Highlights: Inspiron 6000

-- Choice of processors:
-- Intel(R) Celeron M 350 (1.30GHz, 400MHz FSB, 1MB Cache)
-- Intel (R) Celeron M 370 (1.50GHz, 400MHz FSB, 1MB Cache)
-- Intel(R) Pentium M 730 (1.60GHz, 533MHz FSB, 2MB Cache)
-- 256MB to 2GB DDR2 at 400MHz (shared)(a)
-- Wide Aspect Display (15.4-inch) with choice of resolution: WXGA (1280x800), UltraSharp(TM) WSXGA+ (1680x1050), UltraSharp(TM) WUXGA (1920x1200)
-- Intel(R) Media Accelerator 900 Graphics (Up to 128MB shared memory)
-- Integrated 56K(b) v.92 capable modem, 10/100 Ethernet, optional integrated Wi-Fi (802.11b/g or 802.11a/b/g) and Bluetooth capability
-- Choice of fixed optical drives: DVD, CD-RW/DVD or Double Layer(c) DVD+/-RW/+R(d)
-- Choice of hard drives: 30GB(e), 40GB(e), 60GB(e), 60GB(e) 7200 RPM, 80GB(e)
-- Ports include IEEE 1394, 4- USB 2.0, Dolby Digital Audio Out, S-Video Out, S/PDIF, SD Memory Card Reader
-- 6-cell or 9-cell Lithium Ion batteries

Try to install the driver from this page.

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Deta...12536&lang=eng



The most I found about changing the video memory, is you can't. It's just as sakor said, controlled by the operating system.

"If its Intel onboard, its automatic. It takes and gives memory as neccesary. Means in standard Windows you don't lose a chunk of memory for no reason"

That's a quote from boogle, member of another forum.

Have you installed the chipset driver yet, found here?

http://support.dell.com/support/down...&fileid=149851


Maybe you need this chipset driver, in order for the operation system to reconize the video chip.

The chipset driver is the first driver I install after a fresh install of the operating system. If you've already done this, then I'm just as clueless as you are as to why you can't install a Intel driver specifically for the Inter Chip.

But looking over what you posted about video card memory, it states that your card is 8mb with up to 96 being shared. So if nothing else works, it is what it is.