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rum memtest86 and see what that says first

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

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5 minutes ago, Savage Tech said:

I have a system with a i3 and 8gb of ram when i boot windows it will only boot with 4gb when i boot win 10 it gives me memory management error when i boot with 8gb i've tried 2 hdd's and a ssd also windows 7 and 10 but when i boot linux the 8gb of ram works perfectly fine 

Make sure your versions of Windows are both 64 bit (x64). 32 bit (x86) has a limitation of only being able to address 4GB of memory max. So even if your BIOs detects 8 GB of memory, Windows can only address 4GB.

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1 minute ago, Savage Tech said:

what do you mean it won't boot with 8gn of ram 

memtest86 is sortof its own thing, you put it on a flashdrive or whatever and boot to it. it tests your RAM. its also an included feature when installing many Linux distors. it basically goes through every last bit of your RAM in any ways it can and checks for errors and if there are any your RAM is buggred. use it to see if its the Windows install thats broken or your RAM

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

Builds:

The Toaster Project! Northern Bee!

 

The original LAN PC build log! (Old, dead and replaced by The Toaster Project & 5.0)

Spoiler

"Here is some advice that might have gotten lost somewhere along the way in your life. 

 

#1. Treat others as you would like to be treated.

#2. It's best to keep your mouth shut; and appear to be stupid, rather than open it and remove all doubt.

#3. There is nothing "wrong" with being wrong. Learning from a mistake can be more valuable than not making one in the first place.

 

Follow these simple rules in life, and I promise you, things magically get easier. " - MageTank 31-10-2016

 

 

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7 minutes ago, Savage Tech said:

when i boot linux the 8gb of ram works perfectly fine 

Which leads me to the conclusion the RAM isn't the problem.
 

 

2 minutes ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

Make sure your versions of Windows are both 64 bit (x64). 32 bit (x86) has a limitation of only being able to address 4GB of memory max. So even if your BIOs detects 8 GB of memory, Windows can only address 4GB.

Do this first, then get back to us.

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