Making the other 8GB of Memory available on my PC with Win 7

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  1. phantomphlyer
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  3. sygnus21
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    Hmmm.... that's strange that the BIOS is reserving that much memory - 8gig!

    Hardware Reserved (gray) This is physical memory that is set aside by the BIOS and other hardware drivers (especially graphics adapters). This memory cannot be used for processes or system functions.
    Have you checked your BIOS? Checked for a BIOS update?

    Also did you say that you checked your MSCONFIG settings to make sure that the MAX memory box isn't checked???

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  4. Comp Cmndo
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    Did you contact Dell?
    Did you run the Dell Diagnostics?
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  6. pbcopter
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    Also some have had success after clearing CMOS and resetting.
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