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jameshumphries47
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Okay so i have 8gb of ram installed but only like 2 usable, it computer properties it says 8gb. then when in task manager it all adds up to a 100% of about 2 GB, I cant even allocate more than a gig to run a game How can i fix this 

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Possibly a memory leak?

Also, did you download a 32-bit version of Windows? xD

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Run memtest86 see if you get errors. What does bios say. Same kind of ram? Version of windows can hanfle more than 4gb?

running memtest now, bios say 8 gb 1 stick of ram and a 64 bit os...

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Run memtest86 see if you get errors. What does bios say. Same kind of ram? Version of windows can hanfle more than 4gb?

okay dude just ran memtest no errors... now what? 

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