free memory status after memory upgrade

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just installed 4gigs of ram to my mac pro 2.66 desktop

view the status monitor after few minutes and notice the free memory is down to few hundred mb..is that normal? should i worried about it?

i didn't perform any major tasks...only open few web browser windows..

also anyway to test the new memory?

thanks
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Your Mac's Specs
iMac Core Duo 20", iBook G4, iPhone 8GB :)
Well check your activity monitor to see what's hogging the memory. Make sure "All processes" is selected or you won't see the system processes. When I have a couple of apps open, It usually takes up all of my 2GB memory...however, just a few web pages shouldn't take that much.
 

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