Windows 64 bit saying 4gigs ( 2 usable)

[milkbone911]

ok i just got my new system and installed everything my self and loaded windows 7 on to it and it told me that i had 4 gigs memory then i started to do some updates to drivers and such and now its saying i have 4gigs but only 2 useable.

any help on how to get my full 4 gigs

oh and ps when i go into my resource monitor and look at memory it said there is 2049mb reserved for hardware, as well i dont think my cpu has a bent pen since it said before that i had the full 4 gigs

 

[Pyree]

Click Window icon>type in msconfig in search>press enter

in system configuration go to boot tab>advance options>untick the maximum memory box>OK

 

[milkbone911]

still hasent fixed it

 

[Pyree]

Did you restart?

 

[milkbone911]

lol yes i did

 

[Pyree]

List your full system spec and window version

 

[milkbone911]

ok
MSI 870-G46 6gb/s ddr3 800/1333/1600
GSKILL 4gigs ripsaw ddr3 1600
am3 phenom II 1100T 3.3ghz hex core
seagate 500Gb 6gb/s
NZXT M59
HD4350 512mb ddr2 640mhz core clock 440mhz memory clock

 

[Pyree]

Try to remap memory on your mobo.

 

[milkbone911]

as in reseat them in different slots?

 

[Pyree]

No, if you mobo has it, it will be in the bios settings. Try resit the ram, but I don't think there will be any difference. Take a look at this:

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/287774-30-hardware-reserved

You may want to rollback on your gpu driver.

 

[milkbone911]

allright this seems to be what happend to me how would i tell my graphics card not to reserve 2 gigs of my ram? * yesterday is when i built my system so i was installing drivers then and this did seem to happen after i installed my graphics drivers *

 

[Pyree]

You get the system to reserve less ram for gpu by remap ram if there is a option on your bios. If you don't have that in bios, try another driver.

 

[milkbone911]

ok i have reinstalled windwos 7 and it is still saying 4 gigs ( 2 usable )

 

[Pyree]

Did you use a different graphics driver?

 

[milkbone911]

yes i did i have tried drivers from HIS * my maker of the card * and amd/ati and still nothing

 

[milkbone911]

ok so i just noticed when i boot up and i see the post it is saying there is only 2 gigs of ram. what would the remap ram be in my bios im not sure i cant find it

 

[milkbone911]

now that i think about it this never really started till i updated my Bios is there a chance that my bios is messing all this up?

 

[Pyree]

If your mobo sees 2GB ram, remap won't help. I suggest fill the ram slot one by one to boot to find out the problem.

 

[milkbone911]

ok so i tested each ram stick and both worked just fine do you think that the bios update i did is reserving the 2 gigs for hardware?

 

[Pyree]

I think it is. Roll back the bios.

 

[milkbone911]

how would i do that?

 

[Pyree]

Flash your bios back to the version which can use 4GB.

 

[milkbone911]

so if my bios updates through usb do i just do that but with a older version and that wont break anything?

 

[Pyree]

Yes, load the older bios to usb and flash the bios again. Just like your updates, but this time, using an older bios, so a downgrade.

 

[milkbone911]

YES we where right it was the bios i'm so happy to have my 4 gigs back thank you sooooo much i really owe you for this but the sad news on that is i just spent a ass load on my comp and don't have any money now XD thank you thank you thank you