Half of RAM is Hardware Reserved

[TheRush]

Before going on, here are the relevant components:

• MSI 970 Gaming
• AMD FX-6300
• 4 x 4GB Corsair Vengeance Pro 2133MHz
• Windows 10 64-bit

When I first built the computer, I had 2 4GB sticks of Corsair Vengeance Pro 2133MHz but in task manager, it was detecting the full 8GB but saying that 4 of them were "hardware reserved". I tried many methods to fix this including going into ms-config and unchecking the "maximum memory" box, updating the bios, and rearranging the sticks. Unfortunately none of these worked and i was convinced that one of the sticks in the kit was bad so I bit the bullet and bought another kit of the same RAM (I was planning on upgrading to 16GB down the line anyway so it wasn't a big deal). After getting it all hooked up, my task manager now says that I have 16GB of RAM but 8.1GB hardware reserved (thus 7.9GB usable). I downloaded CPU-Z to see what it said about the RAM and it detected all 16GB of RAM but in the box labeled "Channels #" it says "Single" (remember there are 4 sticks of ram in the motherboard filling all of the slots). At this point I am at a complete loss as it seems nothing I do will give me back the 8.1GB of RAM being "hardware reserved". Any help or ideas would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Electronics Wizardy]

what does linux do?

[AdamBGames]

5 minutes ago, TheRush said:

Before going on, here are the relevant components:

• MSI 970 Gaming
• AMD FX-6300
• 4 x GB Corsair Vengeance Pro 2133MHz
• Windows 10 64-bit

When I first built the computer, I had 2 4GB sticks of Corsair Vengeance Pro 2133MHz but in task manager, it was detecting the full 8GB but saying that 4 of them were "hardware reserved". I tried many methods to fix this including going into ms-config and unchecking the "maximum memory" box, updating the bios, and rearranging the sticks. Unfortunately none of these worked and i was convinced that one of the sticks in the kit was bad so I bit the bullet and bought another kit of the same RAM (I was planning on upgrading to 16GB down the line anyway so it wasn't a big deal). After getting it all hooked up, my task manager now says that I have 16GB of RAM but 8.1GB hardware reserved (thus 7.9GB usable). I downloaded CPU-Z to see what it said about the RAM and it detected all 16GB of RAM but in the box labeled "Channels #" it says "Single" (remember there are 4 sticks of ram in the motherboard filling all of the slots). At this point I am at a complete loss as it seems nothing I do will give me back the 8.1GB of RAM being "hardware reserved". Any help or ideas would be greatly appreciated.

It means that the configuration is not supported by your motherboard, your motherboard only supports single channel which is weird, I would go into the bios and see if you can change this

[TheRush]

12 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

what does linux do?

I haven't had a chance to try it on Linux yet

[Mafioo]

On ‎1‎/‎6‎/‎2017 at 2:25 PM, TheRush said:

Before going on, here are the relevant components:

• MSI 970 Gaming
• AMD FX-6300
• 4 x 4GB Corsair Vengeance Pro 2133MHz
• Windows 10 64-bit

When I first built the computer, I had 2 4GB sticks of Corsair Vengeance Pro 2133MHz but in task manager, it was detecting the full 8GB but saying that 4 of them were "hardware reserved". I tried many methods to fix this including going into ms-config and unchecking the "maximum memory" box, updating the bios, and rearranging the sticks. Unfortunately none of these worked and i was convinced that one of the sticks in the kit was bad so I bit the bullet and bought another kit of the same RAM (I was planning on upgrading to 16GB down the line anyway so it wasn't a big deal). After getting it all hooked up, my task manager now says that I have 16GB of RAM but 8.1GB hardware reserved (thus 7.9GB usable). I downloaded CPU-Z to see what it said about the RAM and it detected all 16GB of RAM but in the box labeled "Channels #" it says "Single" (remember there are 4 sticks of ram in the motherboard filling all of the slots). At this point I am at a complete loss as it seems nothing I do will give me back the 8.1GB of RAM being "hardware reserved". Any help or ideas would be greatly appreciated.

 

Hey I have the same problem check this :

 

[samiscool51]

this is an uniqe problem...

maybe reinstall windows?

reset CMOS?

i haven't seen this before...

if we figure it out we prob should archive it for others who might have this problem