8GB ram installed but only 4 usable how solve that

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Make sure your ram is really tight on its slot because I had this problem, and all I did was switch up the rams and tighten it and all of the sudden all my ram was being used after it only half of it was being used
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Ahmed Mohamed 1111

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what is the option ???? in bios so i can try it .....

avout MSConfig i can not understand you :D what you mean
 
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Go to MSConfig, then Boot and Advanced Options, if maximum memory is enabled there, disable it (I highly doubt it's enabled unless you have tried to mess with something)
 
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Ahmed Mohamed 1111

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it is disabled i did not mess with anything
 
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Make sure your ram is really tight on its slot because I had this problem, and all I did was switch up the rams and tighten it and all of the sudden all my ram was being used after it only half of it was being used
 
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Couldn't tell from those pictures. My first thought was that it was getting pulled for vram but 4GB is an awful lot of ram to reserve for that.

 
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motivation07

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Exactly what I told you, sometimes its just the simple things that work

 
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OK guys this problem really got into me and finally fixed it and have step by step of how to do this.
After restarting time and time again I found that sometimes it read the RAM as single channel and sometimes dual. So heres how to troubleshoot:
1) make sure your RAM sits nicely in the correct slots
2)Take out, blow any dust out of them, change channel positions
3)make sure in run>msconfig>advanded the memory options are disabled+restart
4)instant flash or make latest updates of your motherboard using a formated FAT32 usb to put executable file and INSTANT FLASH in the BIOS or whatever is described in manually updating your mobo.
5) set DRAM voltage in BIOS just a little bit higher
6) old mobos like my ASrock sometimes read a single channel configuration and sometimes a dual. If problem is not fixed yet(see number 1), restart multiple times and see if memory reads as single channel or dual
7) try another kind of RAM or buy a new mobo :b
 
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