Hello guys
I just built a new system with windows 8 and I'm having a small issue I don't know how to fix, if possible to. Thing is, out of 8GB of RAM I happen to have, windows says I can only use 3.95 as the rest are "hardware reserved". I've looked through different posts about it and found no answer as to why this is, so I wanted to know if anyone can help me with this :\ Several of the stuff I've done/checked are:
- I am running 64bit windows 8 professional, so this isn't a 32-bit limit issue.
- Both windows and the BIOS recognize 8gb of ram.
- I have a RADEON HD 6950 graphics card, so those 4gb should in no way be related to video memory. Also this mobo doesn't have an integrated graphics chip anyway.
- I've already checked max memory in msconfig, it's unchecked.
- The RAM sticks are set to dual channel in the mobo (Channels 1 and 3 specifically).
Any idea what the problem could be here? I'm attaching an image of what the process monitor says regarding ram.
I just built a new system with windows 8 and I'm having a small issue I don't know how to fix, if possible to. Thing is, out of 8GB of RAM I happen to have, windows says I can only use 3.95 as the rest are "hardware reserved". I've looked through different posts about it and found no answer as to why this is, so I wanted to know if anyone can help me with this :\ Several of the stuff I've done/checked are:
- I am running 64bit windows 8 professional, so this isn't a 32-bit limit issue.
- Both windows and the BIOS recognize 8gb of ram.
- I have a RADEON HD 6950 graphics card, so those 4gb should in no way be related to video memory. Also this mobo doesn't have an integrated graphics chip anyway.
- I've already checked max memory in msconfig, it's unchecked.
- The RAM sticks are set to dual channel in the mobo (Channels 1 and 3 specifically).
Any idea what the problem could be here? I'm attaching an image of what the process monitor says regarding ram.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8 Professional
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- CPU
- AMD FX-8350 (8-core @ 4Ghz)
- Motherboard
- MSI 970A-G43
- Memory
- 8GB DDR3
- Graphics Card(s)
- Sapphire RADEON HD 6950