Mixing Ram Problem.

Retic3nt · Feb 18, 2016

Hey so I've decided to do the stupid thing and mix different RAM. Now I did my research a little bit and got ram with the same timings (9-9-9-24 @1.5v). 1 set is Kingston ram @1333mhz (2x4gb) the other is Corsair Vengeance @1600mhz (2x4gb). Yes I know that the ram down clocks to the lowest settings however my problem is that not all the RAM is showing up. Passmark says 16381mb total and 14507mb available, which to my understanding is just shy of 16381mb...

Anyway TLDR; missing the last two GB of installed Ram and curious if anyone can help? screenshot if it helps. http://i.imgur.com/Sxf93cU.png

jollypirate · Feb 18, 2016

Check if all of your stick are plugged in all the way, i had a similar problem on my old computer where i was fidling with my ram and didnt plug in all the way and windows detected all the stick but they werent usable (capavity not showing in task manager)

Retic3nt · Feb 18, 2016

I'll try that but it recognizes all 4 sticks and even reads out most of the memory kind of weird that it would be a bad install causing less that the full stick to not register.

boju · Feb 18, 2016

Could be just incompatibilities or racism ;D

Maybe try swapping them around in a few different combo arrangements

Retic3nt · Feb 18, 2016

Honestly figured out my problem was I cant read... While the resources monitor in 2 different programs showed the same thing when i looked at it in task manager and it gave the breakdown all ram was accounted for.

PSA Difference between available ram and total ram is the amount thats currently being used...

boju · Feb 18, 2016

What does your bios say?

If its reading it all there fine i wouldn't worry what Windows is doing.

Retic3nt · Feb 18, 2016

boju :

Bios was reading right, everything was reading right I just didn't know how to read it. Everything is solid and accounted for and lucky me gets away with mixing ram.

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