CPU-Z recognizes 8gb of ram, but SYSTEM only recognizing 4gb

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JericoBorja

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Good day! I originally had 4gb DDR3 ram on my laptop, which was working perfectly fine. My friend upgraded his computer, so he gave me his spare 4gb DDR3 of ram. I inserted it into my ram slot, did not adjust anything in the bios. Windows was showing only 4gbs but when I run CPU-Z it show me the total of 8gb of ram. My windows is not recognizing the 4gb ram. Please help...

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My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Acer TravelMate P246-MG V3.72
    CPU
    Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-5005U CPU @ 2.00GHz, 2000 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
    Motherboard
    Acer BA40_HB Type2 - A01 Board Version
    Memory
    DDR3 4gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel(R) HD Graphics 5500 [Display adapter]
    Browser
    Google Chrome
    Antivirus
    Smadav
I believe There was a 4G (Recognized) Limitation with some x86 OS
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 3.1 > Windows 10
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS 8700
    CPU
    I7
    Memory
    24 GB
Hey! What can I do about it ? So I can use the 4gb ram. Should I install windows 10 os ?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Acer TravelMate P246-MG V3.72
    CPU
    Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-5005U CPU @ 2.00GHz, 2000 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
    Motherboard
    Acer BA40_HB Type2 - A01 Board Version
    Memory
    DDR3 4gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel(R) HD Graphics 5500 [Display adapter]
    Browser
    Google Chrome
    Antivirus
    Smadav
install a different 4 gig RAM chip with the same speed as I noticed you have different RAM chips installed with different speeds which is almost bad and will downclock the fastest ram chip to a slower speed for stability
(a Kingston 4Gb RAM chip w/ PC3-10700 (667Mhz) on RAM slot 1 and a Hyundai Electronics 4Gb RAM chip w/ PC3-12800 (800Mhz) on RAM slot 2)

and you must be running a 64bit version of win8.1; use Speccy to determine if you are using a 64bit version of windows
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Toshiba Satellite C55Dt-A5306
    CPU
    AMD Quad-Core A6-5200M Accelerated Processor
    Memory
    4 GB
If your CPU is 64-bit, you definitely should install x64 OS. Check the first tab on CPU-Z.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro; Windows 11 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    i7-12700K (Alder Lake)
    Motherboard
    Asus PRIME Z690-M Plus D4
    Memory
    16 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Asus GeForce 1050 Ti, 4 GB
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Philips 235PQ
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080 (FHD)
    Hard Drives
    Windows 8.1: Samsung SSD 980 PRO, 500 GB (M.2)
    Windows 11: Samsung SSD 870 EVO, 500 GB (SATA)
    PSU
    Platimax D.F. 1050 W (80 Plus Platinum)
    Browser
    Google Chrome
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