My memory only lets me use 4g out of 8g

[bucky_338]

I have a msi mother board
with windows 7

it shows that my computer only uses 4 g but i have 8 is there a sulotion for this
My ram is corsair xms and there is 2 4 g of ram

 

[samuelspark]

Did you install your memory in the right slot on your motherboard? (yes it does matter in which slots you put your ram in)

 

[bucky_338]

yes the book said to install them in the black slots of a,b and the blue slots are c,d and i installed them in the black ones

 

[DEVILVSANGEL00]

what gfx card are you using? the only time ive seen memory installed but not usable is when its shared memory between gfx card and system resources, this is a unusual case for sure

 

[bucky_338]

evga nvidia geforce 9500 gt

I know it is one of the cheaper ones but it worked fine with my 6g int duo and used all 6 g

 

[bucky_338]

does anyone have any other sujestions