Only half of my 16GB of RAM is showing up on BIOS

[Shiv78]

1 minute ago, Gursel said:

Can you decrease the hardware reserved memory?

Yeah, but first you need to find out what it is reserved for.

 

 

[Gursel]

Just now, Shiv78 said:

Yeah, but first you need to find out what it is reserved for.

 

 

How can I do that?

[Shiv78]

Just now, emosun said:

I much like the majority of earth don't use windows 10

lol my desktop has Win7 and laptop Win10... besides some of the extra features like Xbox streaming Win10 is annoying with stupid updates

[emosun]

1 minute ago, Shiv78 said:

Yeah, but first you need to find out what it is reserved for.

it scares me to think what the computer is doing with 8gb of ram that it thinks doesn't involve the user. lol

 

[emosun]

also on your motherboards ram support page i noticed it doesn't specifically mention 3000mhz ram. just 3200/2933mhz provided it's overclocked

[Shiv78]

OK, did some googling. What GPU are you using? Try rolling back drivers, DDU & reinstall them, and worst case reinstall Windows 10

[emosun]

51 minutes ago, Gursel said:

I opened my BIOS menu and saw that PC recognizes just 8GB of RAM but it shows the two eight gigabyte sticks at the memory slots.

i don't think this can be fixed on the OS level

[Gursel]

7 minutes ago, emosun said:

i don't think this can be fixed on the OS level

 

13 minutes ago, Wikiforce said:

That shouldn't be an issue, it just downclocks in most cases.

Also, i have 1600mhz memory that runs at 1333mhz because that's the maximum supported frequency for my cpu although my mobo does support 1600mhz ram but only for ivy bridge processors, 1333mhz is maximum for sandy bridge.

I updated my BIOS and still the same

[emosun]

just to make sure you tried literally every possible slot configuration correct? even the exact opposite slots?

[Gursel]

1 minute ago, emosun said:

just to make sure you tried literally every possible slot configuration correct? even the exact opposite slots?

I tried But every time it recognizes the 16GB but says 8GB is available. Now I'm running Windows Memory Diagnostic Tool which I think it still won't be helpful.

[Gursel]

Just now, Wikiforce said:

Well, it took you a while. Can't really help further, maybe try borrowing another mobo from a mate or try those ram on a friend's pc or refund and buy another mobo.

Okay thanks for everything

[ianspy1]

have you clockt the,m the same?

 

[Gursel]

28 minutes ago, ianspy1 said:

have you clockt the,m the same?

 

I don't know I never used AI Tweaker to overclock my RAMs.

[ianspy1]

1 hour ago, Gursel said:

I don't know I never used AI Tweaker to overclock my RAMs.

try to stable clock theme

[Gursel]

9 hours ago, ianspy1 said:

try to stable clock theme

Nope nothing changed.

[ianspy1]

11 hours ago, Gursel said:

Nope nothing changed.

Than your memory stick is probaly broken

[just_dave]

You need to use slots A2 and B2

I have corsair RAM as well, this issue seems weird.

Ryzen is sometimes doing cartwheels on W7

Upgrade to W10

[Gursel]

On 9/6/2017 at 8:27 PM, dave_k said:

You need to use slots A2 and B2

I have corsair RAM as well, this issue seems weird.

Ryzen is sometimes doing cartwheels on W7

Upgrade to W10

 

On 9/6/2017 at 8:09 PM, ianspy1 said:

Than your memory stick is probaly broken

 

On 9/5/2017 at 7:35 PM, emosun said:

just to make sure you tried literally every possible slot configuration correct? even the exact opposite slots?

 

On 9/5/2017 at 7:37 PM, Wikiforce said:

Well, it took you a while. Can't really help further, maybe try borrowing another mobo from a mate or try those ram on a friend's pc or refund and buy another mobo.

Tonight, I was actually packing the motherboard for return, then I re-seated my processor, and re-installed my memory sticks. Suddenly, POOF and the BIOS showed 16384MB installed. I think that it was because of one pin or more pins actually not seated well. This is AMD boyzzz....

[Shiv78]

2 minutes ago, Gursel said:

This is AMD

more like user error, faulty mobo, or dust or something interfering

[just_dave]

2 minutes ago, Gursel said:

 

 

 

Tonight, I was actually packing the motherboard for return, then I re-seated my processor, and re-installed my memory sticks. Suddenly, POOF and the BIOS showed 16384MB installed. I think that it was because of one pin or more pins actually not seated well. This is AMD boyzzz....

Dont forget, sockets are precious and accurate. Dont act like a Russian. With more or less applied pressure anything can change.

Asus has good QC afaik

[ianspy1]

42 minutes ago, Gursel said:

 

 

 

Tonight, I was actually packing the motherboard for return, then I re-seated my processor, and re-installed my memory sticks. Suddenly, POOF and the BIOS showed 16384MB installed. I think that it was because of one pin or more pins actually not seated well. This is AMD boyzzz....

yes or dust