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Download freeram.com probably your best bet

 

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If possible id suggest a clean install of Windows 64-bit (usually fixes that issue the quickest).

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hi!!! my pc has 4 GB of ram. it detects them but since i have done a fresh install of windows it says i can only use 2.4GB of them.

i have ubuntu installed in a separated partition and he detects and uses 3.6GB which seems fair.

what should i do ?

(i have used before software like ramdisk but it is disabled now and even after a complete new install i don't belive it would be a problem.)

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Download freeram.com probably your best bet

 

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If possible id suggest a clean install of Windows 64-bit (usually fixes that issue the quickest).

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Download freeram.com probably your best bet

did not solve anything, it even says that the ram detected is only 2048 MB

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...  -_-

 

 

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If possible id suggest a clean install of Windows 64-bit (usually fixes that issue the quickest).

i would do that but i have only win 7 ultimate 32 bit available... any link where i can download a legit copy of win 7 64 bit ?

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hi!!! my pc has 4 GB of ram. it detects them but since i have done a fresh install of windows it says i can only use 2.4GB of them

 

That probably means that windows has reserved the rest

 

 

any link where i can download a legit copy of win 7 64 bit ?

 

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows7

 

 

did not solve anything, it even says that the ram detected is only 2048 MB

 

Yah you can't actually download ram

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i know i can't download ram hahah maybe another version of windows can fix this bug tho

how come it has reserved the rest ? 

 

Windows requires a small amount to run itself.

My computer uses less than 1 GB, but I'm on Windows 8.1, perhaps the 64 bit version of windows 7 will help

 

In the future, I'd recommend installing at least 8 GB

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Windows requires a small amount to run itself.

My computer uses less than 1 GB, but I'm on Windows 8.1, perhaps the 64 bit version of windows 7 will help

 

In the future, I'd recommend installing at least 8 GB

i'd do that but i wont do it now as i'm using a 6 year old pc with a pentium so...

no, the problem i had is that the pc detects the whole 4 gigs but only allows me and the system to use 2.4. that's the strange thing !

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the pc detects the whole 4 gigs but only allows me and the system to use 2.4. that's the strange thing !

 

Hm a little hard to believe, could you post a screenshot of the 'Memory' tab in the 'Performance' tab in Task Manager?

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cannot use onedrive to upload photos on the formu lol

neither googledrive...

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0ByYwnOEBN56rRHBHYUR1Yi11WVE

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0ByYwnOEBN56rNTlMNjZuTUFzMDQ

what is the image url for if i cant put a normal google drive or one drive link ?! ahha

 

You can use http://imgur.com/ for images

 

The second link says I don't have permissions to view, but the first one does indicate that you only have 2 GB of ram total

 

 

Can you go into your computer case and physically look at the RAM dims to make sure they add up to 4 GB?

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is it possible that the system is reserving 1 GB for the video, and since you are using a 32 bit windows all that is left is 2.5 GB from the 4 GB you have installed?

Mystery is the source of all true science.

 

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You can use http://imgur.com/ for images

 

The second link says I don't have permissions to view, but the first one does indicate that you only have 2 GB of ram total

 

 

Can you go into your computer case and physically look at the RAM dims to make sure they add up to 4 GB?

whell this should show it to ya...

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByYwnOEBN56rNTlMNjZuTUFzMDQ/view?usp=sharing

and if not again, ill start using imgur :D

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is it possible that the system is reserving 1 GB for the video, and since you are using a 32 bit windows all that is left is 2.5 GB from the 4 GB you have installed?

i don't know really, i have installed and played around with os in this pc and this is the first time reallly that it has shown me this issue :/

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after reinstalling the os in 64 bit everything goes back to normality ;)

 

Strange, but I'm glad its working now

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