64 Bit Windows 10- 6GB RAM, only 3.9 GB available???

[CaribbeanKoolKiddo]

The actual hell? Why does my laptop only using 3.9 GB of ram when it recognizes 6GB? It's bottlenecking and causes the entire user experience to be utterly slow!!

 

Okay guys, I'll come clean. I've been tinkering around with some settings in MsConfig and disabling things like windows search in Run, as for the advice that has been brought to me from my previous post here: 

But afterwards... I've realized that EVERYTHING is moving slow...I can't even play online games because the disk is at 100% and everything freezes at the log in screens! 

As you can see in the attached pic, you'll see that it's a 64-bit Windows 10 OS, so of course, it can use more than 4GB of ram. So what option may I have fiddled with to cause it to limit itself to only using 4gb?

What is it that I can do reset the ram to use its 6gb of ram again? I know I need to upgrade to an SSD, but I can't live with 4GB of ram usage!

 

EDIT: I censored my product key. 

 

 

[Bwithnewcast]

It says 6 gb of ram is installed and only 3.91 gb is usable. That is because windows is a resource hog. If you can i would recommend installing more ram or install linux.

[CaribbeanKoolKiddo]

Just now, Bwithnewcast said:

It says 6 gb of ram is installed and only 3.91 gb is usable. That is because windows is a resource hog. If you can i would recommend installing more ram or install linux.

 

Does that also mean that my laptop may have always been set to use only 3.9GB? 

[WkdPaul]

1 minute ago, Bwithnewcast said:

It says 6 gb of ram is installed and only 3.91 gb is usable. That is because windows is a resource hog. If you can i would recommend installing more ram or install linux.

Nope, that has to do with BIOS settings.

 

Either the extended memory is off or it's allocated to the iGPU, has nothing to do with Windows.

[knightslugger]

Agreed. s'got nothing to do with windows really. It's a hardware thing with the MB.

[CaribbeanKoolKiddo]

So is it that 2GB is just sitting around and scratching?

[knightslugger]

Just now, CaribbeanKoolKiddo said:

So is it that 2GB is just sitting around and scratching?

well, do you have discreet graphics?

[WkdPaul]

Just now, CaribbeanKoolKiddo said:

So is it that 2GB is just sitting around and scratching?

nope, it's not available, not the same thing as unallocated.

 

Go into the BIOS and look for the iGPU memory settings and the memory settings (something like extended memory).

[CaribbeanKoolKiddo]

Just now, wkdpaul said:

nope, it's not available, not the same thing as unallocated.

 

Go into the BIOS and look for the iGPU memory settings and the memory settings (something like extended memory).

 

What should I do when I see this? reset it?

[WkdPaul]

3 minutes ago, CaribbeanKoolKiddo said:

What should I do when I see this? reset it?

the "extended memory" setting has to be enabled.

 

for the iGPU, you should see an ammount of RAM you can allocate to it.

[GoodBytes]

To add: Open msconfig. Go under the Boot tab, then click on the button Advanced options..., and make sure that ALL checkboxes are unchecked, click on OK, than on OK again on the msconfig main panel. Now, restart your system.

[CaribbeanKoolKiddo]

1 hour ago, GoodBytes said:

To add: Open msconfig. Go under the Boot tab, then click on the button Advanced options..., and make sure that ALL checkboxes are unchecked, click on OK, than on OK again on the msconfig main panel. Now, restart your system.

 

 

Omg I got it back....thanks a ton bro!!

[GoodBytes]

32 minutes ago, CaribbeanKoolKiddo said:

Omg I got it back....thanks a ton bro!!

 

Excellent news! So to tell you, this advanced panel is meant for driver developers and hardware makers. No one else. Don't play inside this advanced panel section.