3 GB ram installed but only shows 2 GB Free.

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Kronoso
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3 GB ram installed but only shows 2 GB Free.

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Hello everyone,

I am new user here. I am a kronos owner. I bought it used and the seller said it had 3 gb installed by authorized korg dealer. When I go to global and option info it says 3 GB ram.. but in sample manage it shows 2 gb.. Please, can you help me explain why it is showing 2 gb total in sample manage.



Thank you for your help.
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Because 1GB is used?
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I believe this is normal. I think 1GB is used up by preload or system stuff. It's been talked about in the forums. Google it. You might find something there.
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Hello, thanks for the answers. No, it doesn't look like the 1 gb has been used. It looks like it has total of 2 gb memory in the sample infor.

Please, check this picture I took.

It says 996 free and almost 1 gb used.. But, what happened to the other 1 GB?


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Call Korg. They might be able to explain it. Bottom line is you will never get the full 3 GB of RAM available for use.
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Yeah that doesn't look right.
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This excerpt from the Parameter Guide (on the opening page of the Sampling Mode chapter) may be helpful:

* * *
Sampling and RAM
The KRONOS comes with 2 GB of RAM pre-installed; the KRONOS X comes with 3 GB of RAM. Approximately 1 GB of this RAM is used by the operating system and ROM sample data. The remainder is shared between the samples in EXs, User Sample Banks, and Sampling Mode.
* * *

So, what you're seeing is as expected: with 3GB of physical RAM installed, you'll have about 2GB left for EXs, User Sample Banks, and Sampling Mode.

Hope this helps,

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Ok, it does look right :)
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Post by Kronoso »

Perfect! That explains it all… Thank you all for being so helpful.



danatkorg wrote:This excerpt from the Parameter Guide (on the opening page of the Sampling Mode chapter) may be helpful:

* * *
Sampling and RAM
The KRONOS comes with 2 GB of RAM pre-installed; the KRONOS X comes with 3 GB of RAM. Approximately 1 GB of this RAM is used by the operating system and ROM sample data. The remainder is shared between the samples in EXs, User Sample Banks, and Sampling Mode.
* * *

So, what you're seeing is as expected: with 3GB of physical RAM installed, you'll have about 2GB left for EXs, User Sample Banks, and Sampling Mode.

Hope this helps,

Dan
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