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Hi, I have 16 Gb DDR4 2133 MHZ ram installed inside my workstation.
Recently , i noticed that 8 Gb ram is being used and the other 8 is not 
 

This is what my computer properties says 
Memory :  16 GB (8GB usable )

Is there any problem ??
Please advise 

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5 minutes ago, THE ARCHITECTS said:

Hi, I have 16 Gb DDR4 2133 MHZ ram installed inside my workstation.
Recently , i noticed that 8 Gb ram is being used and the other 8 is not 
 

This is what my computer properties says 
Memory :  16 GB (8GB usable )

Is there any problem ??
Please advise 

reseat the RAM

 

also go to the BIOS make sure all 16GB is detected

 

go to the BIOS and check if the RAM is used for the integrated graphics

 

disable the iGPU

 

 

 

go to msconfig

 

go to boot

 

 

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make sure it not limited

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1 hour ago, dragoon20005 said:

reseat the RAM

 

also go to the BIOS make sure all 16GB is detected

 

go to the BIOS and check if the RAM is used for the integrated graphics

 

disable the iGPU

 

 

 

go to msconfig

 

go to boot

 

 

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make sure it not limited

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Okay let me try that 
Thanks alot

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1 hour ago, dragoon20005 said:

reseat the RAM

 

also go to the BIOS make sure all 16GB is detected

 

go to the BIOS and check if the RAM is used for the integrated graphics

 

disable the iGPU

 

 

 

go to msconfig

 

go to boot

 

 

image.png.84d1d82301071412d74540c45c1ddf31.png

 

 

image.png.b88e6c0f567e44f87cb749672002f4bb.png

 

 

make sure it not limited

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Hey there
I Reset the Ram sticks , It was okay in BIOS but computer didnt Bootup
So after 5 minutes of continuous restart , the boot was successful but now the ram sticks are not usable again 

 

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4 minutes ago, THE ARCHITECTS said:

Hey there
I Reset the Ram sticks , It was okay in BIOS but computer didnt Bootup
So after 5 minutes of continuous restart , the boot was successful but now the ram sticks are not usable again 

 

You might have some faulty rams

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Assuming it isn't a n operating system issue?

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11 hours ago, THE ARCHITECTS said:

Hi, I have 16 Gb DDR4 2133 MHZ ram installed inside my workstation.
Recently , i noticed that 8 Gb ram is being used and the other 8 is not 
 

This is what my computer properties says 
Memory :  16 GB (8GB usable )

Is there any problem ??
Please advise 

You've told us nothing useful about your system. AMD or Intel? What board? What model number ram?

CPU: Ryzen 5 5600x  Board: Asus PRIME X570-P  Ram: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2x8) DDR4-3000  Case: Fractal Design Define S

GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070  SSD: HP EX950 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME  HDD: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM

PSU: SeaSonic FOCUS Plus Platinum 750W  Cooler: Noctua NH-U12S SE-AM4  Monitor: Viotek GFT27DB 27.0" 2560x1440 144 Hz

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