I have 16 gig of ram installed yet only 3.3 is available?

xxchildsxx · May 14, 2013

I have 16 gig of ram installed yet only 3.3 is available? How do i fix this?

USAFRet · May 14, 2013

I'm guessing you have Windows 7 32 bit as the OS?

If so, that is exactly what will happen.

Novuake · May 14, 2013

Do you have windows 64 bit or 32 bit? Windows 32 bit is only capable of addressing up to 4 GB of RAM, some of that 4GB will be reserved and unusable.

ryanrich83 · May 14, 2013

Did you install a 32 bit OS?

32 bit OS can only address about 3.5 GBs of RAM.

Upgrade to a 64 bit OS and you will be able to use all 16 GBs of RAM.

Novuake · May 14, 2013

Do you have windows 64 bit or 32 bit? Windows 32 bit is only capable of addressing up to 4 GB of RAM, some of that 4GB will be reserved and unusable.

ur6beersaway · May 14, 2013

Upgrade to a 64 bit operating system.

swifty_morgan · May 14, 2013

take 12gb and make a ram disc.