ram shows up on hwmonitor, but is not being used ?

tracker45 · Jul 10, 2014

task manager says I have only 4gb

I installed another 4gb, it shows up on hwmonitor, but my system still says 4gb ??

Tradesman1 · Jul 10, 2014

Your image is showing temps

tracker45 · Jul 11, 2014

aha !

It is.

But my point is, i installed a new stick of ram, and it showed up in hwmonitor.

My ram never does this. But my new stick did.

Tradesman1 · Jul 11, 2014

What exactly is it showing then, what does CPU-Z show in the memory tab as far as how much DRAM

tracker45 · Jul 12, 2014

Tradesman1 · Jul 12, 2014

Try resetting the CMOS and then reseat the sticks