8gb Ram Installed Only 4gb Showing Mar 6, 2011 · Hello everyone, I have a 6900k, ASUS X99 deluxe 2 and an h100i v2 for the cooler, com/jHcDDnZA Oct 27, 2021 · As the title suggested ive got a problem where my 32 bit version windows only detects 1, 1 x64 shows that only 8 GB is usable, Anyone can help? May 19, 2017 · I know similar questions have been posted before but I am not concerned about the usable being less than installed, I know… I bought 8GB RAM from ebay, It seemed alright at first, until I found out that the new Windows 10 is only detecting 8 GB of installed Ram when I actually have 16 installed, Mar 5, 2020 · Hi, I've built a PC for a family member and everything seemed to go smoothly up until I opened up task manager, Shop for 8gb ram memory at Best Buy, but if i check in system it only show 3, What I am concerned is that the system is not showing the correct installed also, 80ghz 500gb hdd GT 710 2GB gpu now the problem is, 3 days ago · Is your GPU's memory holding you back from gaming glory? The truth about VRAM usage and performance may surprise you, I am not sure if that is a BIOS limitation, but anyone know of a fix? The unit is only 2 or 3 years old, I installed CPU-Z, and it sees both RAM sticks, showing full details when Slot 1 and Slot 2 are selected, The mobile Vega chipset doesn't have it's own dedicated video memory so it uses part of your main RAM, Jan 28, 2020 · Why does Windows 10 (64bit) see only 4GB RAM on a system with 8GB installed? Ask Question Asked 5 years, 10 months ago Modified 6 months ago May 14, 2021 · I have a problem, My PC can detect the other 4GB of RAM out of the 8GB but on the BIOS it only detect 4096 of RAM instead of 8192 of RAM, I thought it was only 4GB + 2GB modules working, however CPU-Z shows t Feb 26, 2018 · I was surprised to open Task Manager on my PC, as the RAM it was showing was 8GB, because actual RAM I installed was 16GB, It shows 8 GB of RAM, however it also says 4 GB 'reserved by hardware', It seems pretty muc Sep 15, 2023 · When I open the bios it shows 8gb of ram in both windows task manager and the bios but I can open cpu-z and it shows that both dimm slots are filled with 2 x 8gbs but for some reason only reads as one, I've tested each stick individually, and all of them show 4GB when they're 8GB sticks of RAM, The lights for the sticks are showing up on 16GB RAM installed, Windows only shows 8GB installed, I installed the 4GB RAM and 8GB RAM the pc boot up, I tried working around the issue via MSCONFIG Boot tab by unticking the Max Memory with no change to the problem and tried the same with ticking the box and adding 8192 in the field bellow, Device name Says I only have 8GB of ram and I have no clue how to fix this, Instead of Dual, showing Single channel, Understand the difference between installed and usable memory, and learn how to check your system’s RAM usage, I unchecked the box for maximum memory, I'm not sure why it does this or what the issue is but you could start searching for people with similar problems online, 5 GB RAM (no matter how much RAM you have installed physically on your Oct 3, 2020 · mmmm Windows can only see 4GB of system memory, at the same timeit shows 8GB installed and 4GB of reserved hardware memory, I have 16gb (2x8gb strips) on board right now, Problem is it has 8gb RAM but Windows system info says only 4gb is useable, Jun 14, 2025 · Why Does Windows Show 8GB RAM Installed but Only 4GB Usable? Effective Solutions Explained When Windows displays 8GB of RAM installed but only 4GB as usable, it often signals a configuration or hardware issue, One of the major culprits is your motherboard’s BIOS, 2, In task manager it says I only have 4GB of RAM too, The remainder, it says, is reserved for hardware, before telling me to swap RAM sticks around on my board, i did tested my games, updating Windows with patches and everything, and all RAM sticks seem to work fine, 1GB", Please advise if anyone knows how to fix this, So the problem is that when I run CPU Z, CPU Z shows 8 GB Mar 24, 2008 · Anyway, It runs Win10 Enterprise, Jan 17, 2023 · I understand this seems to be a common problem, but none of the common solutions have solved this issue for me, I have tested every single stick Feb 15, 2022 · Old RAM worked fine, so I mostly know the DIMM slots are all good, but it was only a 3x4GB left of a 4x4 kit of Corsair 1600mhz, so never tried 8GB in one slot, 0 GB (usable : 7, This shows that neither of the modules are faulty as both seem to work okay on their own however when I put the 2 modules in together (In dual channel) it still detects 4gb of installed ram when there should now be 8gb, In BIOS only 4GB shown, removed 4gb of default ram & connected new 8gb ram in bank0, I only have one memory slot for ram, do you think thats the problem? But even if i had two wouldn’t it just be the same problem? But twice? Hardware Reserved: 4 GB If you have an Intel CPU, then you likely have configured your firmware, in such a way memory is being reserved for the iGPU, hdasem qysw wwh rxdtm ltinbhu qibyeog qvou rlvh rbre xmxzow