8gb ram usable when I have 16???

[TrainFan475]

what is going on here, I tried starting windows sandbox when I got an error saying I didn't have enough ram. I think "bullshit" but then I see this

and for some reason my ram is suddenly running at 2133mhz even when I have xmp enabled for 3200mhz! I tried updating my bios but that didn't fix it.

I don't know how long it's been like this but it was definitely fine a a month ago

[minibois]

2 minutes ago, TrainFan2020 said:

wtf is going on here, I tried starting windows sandbox when I got an error saying I didn't have enough ram. I think "bullshit" but then I see this and for some reason my ram is suddenly running at 2133mhz even when I have xmp enabled for 3200mhz!!! I tried updating my bios but that didn't fix it.

I don't know how long it's been like this but it was definitely fine a a month ago

Try reseating the memory, ensure they are in slots 2 and 4 and then apply XMP again

[Windows7ge]

You have 8GB in Hardware Reserved. This is commonly an issue with:

1. A stick not being seated correctly
2. A stick being damaged.
3. A iGPU reserving the RAM.

[TrainFan475]

13 minutes ago, minibois said:

Try reseating the memory, ensure they are in slots 2 and 4 and then apply XMP again

I was not expecting that to work thanks

[minibois]

1 minute ago, TrainFan2020 said:

oh my god I was not expecting that to work thanks

Reseating memory is the "have you tried turning it off and on" for a lot of memory problems.

Especially for hardware reserved memory situations, it seems to often help.