Windows 10 Ram issue

[abdul94]

Hey all.

 

So i just made a fresh install of Windows 10 on my SSD.

After installing i checked pc properties to confirm it was 64 bit, so it is 64 bit and it states there is 8gbram.

 

But i noticed with a lot of chrome open it started lagging a tad bit and went to task manager and it says that 4.5gb is available only for some reason. I restarted my PC and then it says 6gb is available and after a min dropped to 5.5 for some reason and also the speed has also dropped to 1333 from 1600.

 

PC Specs:

CPU - i5 3570

RAM - DDR3 8GB

GPU - MSI 970

MObo - Asus p8z77 m

samsung 840 SSD

 

Thanks! 

[Egad]

Are you showing drops in the total amount of RAM installed or just the hardware reserved section increasing and decreasing on various boots?

[abdul94]

Are you showing drops in the total amount of RAM installed or just the hardware reserved section increasing and decreasing on various boots?

Second one.

[Egad]

Did you have this build working successfully on an older OS?  Typically this is either the RAM not being support or your config of sticks not being support.

[abdul94]

Did you have this build working successfully on an older OS?  Typically this is either the RAM not being support or your config of sticks not being support.

Yup worked fine on windows 7 for 2+years. 

I did have windows 10 like 2 months ago for a few weeks it was actually fine then also. But not this time.

[Egad]

I'd reinstall Windows 10.  You can play around with BIOS resets and adjustments to how Windows reserves hardware, but typically this means something pissed off Windows during some part of its UEFI.  Triple check your install media is 64 bit and then just rerun it.  I saw it happen once on a rig during an upgrade, we played around in the registry and a few places trying to adjust the hardware reserved and nothing worked, so evenly we just reformatted.  

 

Also if your install media is kind of old, try creating a new USB drive with the install on it.  MS has been quietly updating their media maker as they've improved things.  

[abdul94]

I'd reinstall Windows 10.  You can play around with BIOS resets and adjustments to how Windows reserves hardware, but typically this means something pissed off Windows during some part of its UEFI.  Triple check your install media is 64 bit and then just rerun it.  I saw it happen once on a rig during an upgrade, we played around in the registry and a few places trying to adjust the hardware reserved and nothing worked, so evenly we just reformatted.  

 

Also if your install media is kind of old, try creating a new USB drive with the install on it.  MS has been quietly updating their media maker as they've improved things.  

hmm ok will do... kinda frustrating.. since i already installed a lot of my application on my SSD already :@

Thanks anyways

[Egad]

You can try:

 

Run the Windows Experience Index, for whatever reason this seems to trigger a refresh and sometimes fix it according to the internet.

Pull out half RAM DIMMs, boot the system, do some stuff.  Shut it down, put the RAM back in.  This should force Windows to reconsider how much it reserves.

 

Neither of those did anything for us, but on various forums people were swearing they worked for them.  

[abdul94]

You can try:

 

Run the Windows Experience Index, for whatever reason this seems to trigger a refresh and sometimes fix it according to the internet.

Pull out half RAM DIMMs, boot the system, do some stuff.  Shut it down, put the RAM back in.  This should force Windows to reconsider how much it reserves.

 

Neither of those did anything for us, but on various forums people were swearing they worked for them.  

okay... i made a silly mistake i dont want to talk about it =/ haha