Windows wont allow me to use all of my ram. Help!

[DildorTheDecent]

Just now, Cameron84311 said:

im not too sure what you mean by this, again im not too tech heavy and i barely know stuff like this. Also, i dont have the motherbaord manual as i bought this from a friend last year.

Good job the manuals are available online.

 

Here's the steps outlined in your manual:

 

I actually leave the power cord in and have the PSU switch ON. Just makes it handier when starting again.

 

Here's a link to download your manual/open in browser:

https://download.gigabyte.com/FileList/Manual/mb_manual_ga-970a-ds3p_v.2.x_e.pdf

[The1Dickens]

1 minute ago, Cameron84311 said:

Just an update to this: i took out the kingston 4gb stick that was in slot 2 and its now showing up with all 16gb without a problem. Im just gonna leave them two in for now. If you guys have any idea on what that could mean i'd leave to hear what you all have to say. Thanks for all helping me though :))

What I suspect was happening is the way the RAM was installed, since they are different capacities, they were running at the limit of the lower capacity (4GB). And since it was 4GB in channel A and "4GB" in channel B, that left the remaining 12 that was 'technically' seen by the motherboard to be 'Hardware reserved'.

[Cameron84311]

2 minutes ago, The1Dickens said:

What I suspect was happening is the way the RAM was installed, since they are different capacities, they were running at the limit of the lower capacity (4GB). And since it was 4GB in channel A and "4GB" in channel B, that left the remaining 12 that was 'technically' seen by the motherboard to be 'Hardware reserved'.

ahhh right thats understandable, so if i wanted to get 2 new sticks and put them in slot 2 and 4, what would i do?

[The1Dickens]

Just now, Cameron84311 said:

ahhh right thats understandable, so if i wanted to get 2 new sticks and put them in slot 2 and 4, what would i do?

Ideally, same brand and capacity as the current 8GB sticks, and fill the empty slots.

[ckinfos]

did yu search for the bios settings i put on a previous post? The problem is propably due to the fact that they reservew an amount of memory for your hardware. that means a setting in bios is enabled so that onboard gpus propably or processor gpu taking memory for each own graphics card. although fx amds cpu is not coming with one.

 

try this one too
 

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Click Start, type msconfig in the Search programs and files box, and then click msconfig in the Programs list.

b.      In the System Configuration window, click Advanced options on the Boot tab.

c.       Click to clear the Maximum memory check box, and then click OK.

d.      Restart the computer.