Ram being eaten up after switching cases

[Frostbitee]

PSU:700W
GPU: GTX 1050 ti (Zotac)
Motherboard: A68HM -E33V2
Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 

 BIOS: BIOS Date: 04/07/16 15:08:41 Ver: V8.30
Processor: AMD A8-7600 Radeon R7, 10

gpu:Gtx 1050ti(new)

Compute Cores 4C+6G   (4 CPUs), ~3.1GHz
Memory: 8GB RAM
Available OS Memory: 7128MB RAM
Page File: 6679MB used, 7576MB available
DirectX Version: DirectX 11

 

Brought a new corsair case and after that I noticed that my ram's being used up a lot more and just being on the desktop it reaches nearly 70%, 90+ when gaming. I checked the control panel it says I have 8GB but only 3.64GB is usable. I'm using the kingston two 4GB ram sticks and yes my windows is 64bit. Been switching my ram sticks places but didn't work. Any ideas?

[Mholes]

7 minutes ago, Frostbitee said:

PSU:700W
GPU: GTX 1050 ti (Zotac)
Motherboard: A68HM -E33V2
Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 

 BIOS: BIOS Date: 04/07/16 15:08:41 Ver: V8.30
Processor: AMD A8-7600 Radeon R7, 10

gpu:Gtx 1050ti(new)

Compute Cores 4C+6G   (4 CPUs), ~3.1GHz
Memory: 8GB RAM
Available OS Memory: 7128MB RAM
Page File: 6679MB used, 7576MB available
DirectX Version: DirectX 11

 

Brought a new corsair case and after that I noticed that my ram's being used up a lot more and just being on the desktop it reaches nearly 70%, 90+ when gaming. I checked the control panel it says I have 8GB but only 3.64GB is usable. I'm using the kingston two 4GB ram sticks and yes my windows is 64bit. Been switching my ram sticks places but didn't work. Any ideas?

Well you could check msconfig -> boot -> advanced options -> untick and tick back the maximum memory then save and see if all of the 8Gb is now usable.

[Frostbitee]

1 minute ago, Mholes said:

Well you could check msconfig -> boot -> advanced options -> untick and tick back the maximum memory then save and see if all of the 8Gb is now usable.

oh yeah I took a look at that too but it was already unchecked

[Frostbitee]

I have two hard drives, does it matter if the places they get connected to could be switched?

[Mholes]

Just now, Frostbitee said:

oh yeah I took a look at that too but it was already unchecked

did you try ticking it and saving?

[Mholes]

1 minute ago, Frostbitee said:

I have two hard drives, does it matter if the places they get connected to could be switched?

Well not really, also does your BIOS see all 8Gb?

[Frostbitee]

1 minute ago, Mholes said:

did you try ticking it and saving?

not yet but ok

[Frostbitee]

Just now, Mholes said:

Well not really, also does your BIOS see all 8Gb?

not sure where to find that with this motherboard

[Mholes]

Just now, Frostbitee said:

not sure where to find that with this motherboard

When you reboot either spam F12 or DELETE, it should read somewhere in the boot screen how to get to BIOS.

[Frostbitee]

4 minutes ago, Mholes said:

When you reboot either spam F12 or DELETE, it should read somewhere in the boot screen how to get to BIOS.

well, board explorer seems to have recognized both sticks on the slots, gonna try ticking the mem now

[Frostbitee]

Btw is it normal for msmpeng to take 12% in processes for the first few seconds at start up?

[Mholes]

Just now, Frostbitee said:

Btw is it normal for msmpeng to take 12% in processes for the first few seconds at start up?

Well it is Windows Defender so yes

[Frostbitee]

Unfortunately it still says 3.64 is usable out of 8 and about 50-60% of my ram is still being used despite just being on desktop

[Mholes]

4 minutes ago, Frostbitee said:

Unfortunately it still says 3.64 is usable out of 8 and about 50-60% of my ram is still being used despite just being on desktop

Hmmm, and the box said something like 8192?

[Frostbitee]

1 minute ago, Mholes said:

Hmmm, and the box said something like 8192?

when I restarted it the box was checked but for some reason went back to 0 Even though it wasn't when I ticked it

[Mholes]

1 minute ago, Frostbitee said:

when I restarted it the box was checked but for some reason went back to 0 Even though it wasn't when I ticked it

That's normal. You could try to uncheck and check it again for good measure since you rebooted. I'm not sure why Windows doesn't let you use all of your RAM.

[Frostbitee]

8 minutes ago, Mholes said:

That's normal. You could try to uncheck and check it again for good measure since you rebooted. I'm not sure why Windows doesn't let you use all of your RAM.

*sigh* Still didn't work, btw does the page file look normal?

[Frostbitee]

Also are there supposed to be this much reserved?

[Mholes]

10 minutes ago, Frostbitee said:

Also are there supposed to be this much reserved?

Nope. I'll see if i can find something about that.

[Mholes]

Well, for the time being just uncheck the boxes in advanced options (if they are checked) and reboot.

[Frostbitee]

1 minute ago, Mholes said:

Well, for the time being just uncheck the boxes in advanced options (if they are checked) and reboot.

ok

[Mholes]

27 minutes ago, Frostbitee said:

ok

I didn't find anything special, only thing i can suggest is to clear the pagefile, but that requires a regedit.

[Frostbitee]

9 minutes ago, Mholes said:

I didn't find anything special, only thing i can suggest is to clear the pagefile, but that requires a regedit.

same, tried to mess with the boot again and setted memory to max at 7000, when I rebooted it was setted to 3k lmao. Tbh this happened before but somehow was miraculously solved by switching the mem sticks slots, hope something like that happens again. So gonna switch the motherboard in the future though

[Mholes]

Just now, Frostbitee said:

same, tried to mess with the boot again and setted memory to max at 7000, when I rebooted it was setted to 3k lmao. Tbh this happened before but somehow was miraculously solved by switching the mem sticks slots, hope something like that happens again. So gonna switch the motherboard in the future though

Yea, somebody had the same issue and it went away after a few reboots so. And since your BIOS sees all 8Gb the problem is in Windows or some BIOS settings. Hard to say since you have pretty much tried everything. Hopefully it'll just start working

[Frostbitee]

23 minutes ago, Mholes said:

Yea, somebody had the same issue and it went away after a few reboots so. And since your BIOS sees all 8Gb the problem is in Windows or some BIOS settings. Hard to say since you have pretty much tried everything. Hopefully it'll just start working

too bad I already rebooted a lot XD