Only 3.96 of 8 GB of RAM usable

Wombik · Nov 16, 2015

Hi everyone,

This has only recently happened - suddenly I only have 3.96 of usable RAM out of 8 GBs. I've never had this problem before and it has always worked perfectly; I'm not sure why it's changed.

I've reseated the RAM and even the CPU to no avail, Max Memory is not checked, and I have a 64 bit system. It definitely recognizes that I have 8 gigs, I've checked on system, CPU Z, and the Nvidia

My specs are as follows:

CPU - AMD FX(tm)-4300 Quad-Core

GPU- Nvidia Geforce GTX 960.

RAM- 8 GB (3.96 GB usable)

OS - Windows 10 Pro

System type - x64 bit

MOBO - Asrock 970 Pro3 R2.0

Thanks in advance,
W.

Update:

I reseated the ram twice more, and it went back to normal! I have no idea what the problem was, or what caused it, but it's working perfectly again.

Thanks everyone for your help!

bailojustin · Nov 16, 2015

Can you please take a picture of your task manager, Processes. and also take a picture of task manager, resource monitor, memory and post please.

bailojustin · Nov 16, 2015

OK what you should do is Start>control panel>system and security>system>advanced system settings> Click the advanced tab, Now click settings under performance, go to the advanced tab, Click change the virtual memory, then check the first box that says "Automatically manage paging file size for all drives" Save and exit. Restart your computer and see if you have your 8G

utroz · Nov 16, 2015

Try right clicking the windows start and select "run" then type "msconfig" the go the "boot" tab. Then open "Advanced options..." and make sure that it is not limiting the amount of memory you can use their.. This can happen sometimes..

Wombik · Nov 16, 2015

bailojustin :

Unfortunately that didn't work, but thank you.
Here's a picture of the task manager -

bailojustin · Nov 16, 2015

I cant see it, This picture will really help me find the issue. if you need to just get gyazo and take the picture and link it.

utroz · Nov 16, 2015

Wombik :

bailojustin :

Unfortunately that didn't work, but thank you.
Here's a picture of the task manager -

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Not seeing the picture..

Wombik · Nov 16, 2015

bailojustin :

My bad ...
https://gyazo.com/98ea327791560dc92a6d38406db4219e

https://gyazo.com/16b8e34f2906580d201790637af2656e

https://gyazo.com/2b70542935a57a1b77e8b412f65b0269

That's the whole thing.

bailojustin · Nov 16, 2015

I actually need you to click the tab performance, then go to resource monitor and screen shot where it shows the hard faults.

Wombik · Nov 16, 2015

bailojustin :

https://gyazo.com/d9d42bb2b34aa16ec1757ccda680cd51
Like that?

Crixilian · Nov 16, 2015

try tp update bios

Wombik · Nov 16, 2015

Crixilian :

I thought about that, but when I look at the bios update tab on the Asrock site, the model of my mobo isn't listed; so I have no idea how to update it.

utroz · Nov 16, 2015

Interesting that it shows up as Hardware Reserved. Did you happen to check in MSCONFIG (like i showed above) to see if that was limiting your memory?

Wombik · Nov 16, 2015

utroz :

Yeah, I'd already checked a few times, it's unchecked though.
Thanks for the help though.

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