I recently took my computer apart to track down a strange smell. After cleaning out the dust and testing the system with the internal GPU, I reinstalled my dedicated GPU and disabled the integrated graphics in the BIOS. Now, I've noticed that Windows 11 shows around 60 MB (61.9 MB) of memory listed as hardware reserved. I didn't check this before, so I'm wondering if this is normal for Windows 11 with a dedicated GPU. By the way, the 'maximum memory' option in the advanced boot menu is unchecked.
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Yep, that 60MB of hardware reserved RAM is pretty standard! It's normal for systems, even with a dedicated GPU, to have a little bit of RAM reserved for hardware tasks. No need to worry about it, really. Just glad you got everything cleaned up!
That makes sense! I had a similar experience after upgrading my GPU the other day and saw a small reserve too. Just part of how Windows manages memory.