I've got 16gb of ram, but only 14.2gb is usable. help

Ryan2305

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can somebody help me find out why i only havce 14.2gb of ram thats usable? It used to be 16gb, but for some reason its only 14.2. please help. thank you
 

Barty1884

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I would assume that some of your memory is assigned to your onboard GPU (necessary if you're using it, not so much if you've got a discreet GPU).

In your BIOs, you should be able to increase/reduce the memory reserved for your onboard GPU (if applicable).
 

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i have a gtx 1070 and dont really use my onboard memory, but i dont know what to do when im in the bios. could you give me some detailed steps on how to fix this in my bios.
 

Barty1884

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Can you post your specs? Without knowing which board you have, it's impossible to try to walk you through.

There's likely other potential causes too, but the onboard memory is th first that came to me (I think on most boards it maxes out ~2GB which would make sense)