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Windows 7 - Windows Home Premium x64 only recognizes 3.74 of my 8gigs of RAM |
12-28-2011
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Windows Home Premium x64 Hardware reserving 4gigs of RAM Hello, I know you all must get these questions often, and I tried to look at other threads but frankly nothing worked for me...
I am currently running Windows Home Premium 64-bit which, according to the memory limits page, can support up to 16gigs of RAM. My system is only using four, can anyone help me fix this?
I already unchecked the maximum memory option in the advanced BOOT settings.
Sorry for the dumb question.
Thanks
Last edited by NFJHolmes; 12-28-2011 at 11:22 PM..
| My System Specs | | OS Windows Home Premium x64 |
12-28-2011
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#2 | | Windows 7 SP1, Home Premium, 64-bit |
Post a screen shot of the memory tab of Resource Monitor. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Ignatz Special; 4 speed manual gearbox; factory air conditioning; one of one OS Windows 7 SP1, Home Premium, 64-bit CPU Intel Sandy Bridge i5-2500, not overclocked Motherboard Gigabyte H67A-UD3H-B3, full ATX Memory 4 GB Crucial DDR3-1333 Graphics Card none; graphics are integrated on CPU Sound Card onboard: Realtek ALC892; external: USB Behringer UF0-202 Monitor(s) Displays NEC 90GX2-BK 19" LCD Screen Resolution 800 x 640 Keyboard Leopold Tenkeyless with Cherry Blue switches, USB Mouse Logitech or Microsoft optical wired; either USB or PS 2 PSU Seasonic SS-560KM, modular Case Antec Solo II Cooling CPU: Scythe Big Shuriken; Case: Scythe Slipstream 800 & 500 Hard Drives System: Intel 320 Series SSD, 80 GB;
Data: Samsung Spinpoint 103SJ, 1 TB;
Backup: WD Caviar Green WD15EADS-00P8B0, 1.5TB Other Info Power consumption of this system, including monitor: 68 watts at idle; 144 watts at full load |
12-28-2011
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Quote: Originally Posted by ignatzatsonic Post a screen shot of the memory tab of Resource Monitor.
Added. | My System Specs | | OS Windows Home Premium x64 |
12-28-2011
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#4 | | Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit |
| My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Self-built OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit CPU Intel Core i7-3770 Motherboard Gigabyte Z68A-D3H-B3 Memory G.SKILL 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 F3-10666CL9D-8GBNT Graphics Card Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 6670 Sound Card Realtek ALC892 Monitor(s) Displays Samsung SyncMaster P2370HD, Dell 1703FPT Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 Keyboard Logitech Deluxe 250 Mouse Logitech MX518 PSU SeaSonic M12II SS-500GM Case Lian Li PC-9F Cooling Zalman CNPS9900LED Hard Drives Samsung Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ Internet Speed 8 Mbps |
12-28-2011
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#5 | | Windows 7 SP1, Home Premium, 64-bit |
Well, over 4 gigs for hardware reserved.
I can't recall hearing of that before and can't directly help you further.
You might want to fill in your system specs as much as possible to further assist anyone else reading this. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Ignatz Special; 4 speed manual gearbox; factory air conditioning; one of one OS Windows 7 SP1, Home Premium, 64-bit CPU Intel Sandy Bridge i5-2500, not overclocked Motherboard Gigabyte H67A-UD3H-B3, full ATX Memory 4 GB Crucial DDR3-1333 Graphics Card none; graphics are integrated on CPU Sound Card onboard: Realtek ALC892; external: USB Behringer UF0-202 Monitor(s) Displays NEC 90GX2-BK 19" LCD Screen Resolution 800 x 640 Keyboard Leopold Tenkeyless with Cherry Blue switches, USB Mouse Logitech or Microsoft optical wired; either USB or PS 2 PSU Seasonic SS-560KM, modular Case Antec Solo II Cooling CPU: Scythe Big Shuriken; Case: Scythe Slipstream 800 & 500 Hard Drives System: Intel 320 Series SSD, 80 GB;
Data: Samsung Spinpoint 103SJ, 1 TB;
Backup: WD Caviar Green WD15EADS-00P8B0, 1.5TB Other Info Power consumption of this system, including monitor: 68 watts at idle; 144 watts at full load |
12-28-2011
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Quote: Originally Posted by ignatzatsonic Well, over 4 gigs for hardware reserved.
I can't recall hearing of that before and can't directly help you further.
You might want to fill in your system specs as much as possible to further assist anyone else reading this. Could their BIOS be set up to not use any onboard video memory or something? | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom OS Windows 7 CPU AMD Phenom II X2 (dual-core) Motherboard GA-MA785GM-US2H Memory 4G Graphics Card integrated ATI HD 4200 Sound Card integrated Monitor(s) Displays Samsung 24" Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Keyboard Microsoft Digital Media Pro Mouse Logitech WIRED! PSU Ultra X4 500W Case Ultra X-blaster Hard Drives 1 SATA (750GB, 32MB cache, 7200 RPM)
1 IDE (80GB, 8MB cache, 7200 RPM) Internet Speed 15 Mbps FIOS |
12-28-2011
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Does Windows POST 8Gb during boot? | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom built machine OS W7 x64 CPU Intel Q9300 2.5Ghz Quad LGA775 (Would like Q9650) Motherboard Gigabyte GA-EP45T-UD3R (F6 Bios) Memory 4Gb OCZ Gold 1,333Mhz Graphics Card Palit HD4850 O/C Sonic 512Mb DDR3, Dual DViD's Sound Card Azalia to twin Samson 50w Studio Monitors Monitor(s) Displays Twin Dell (E-IPS) U2311H 23.6" Screens Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 @ 60Hz Keyboard Cherry PS/2 custom model Mouse Logitech M500 Laser Mouse PSU OCZ 600w Case Lian-Li PC8 acoustifoamed' aluminium tower Cooling Scythe 140mm Zipang Hard Drives Twin 1Tb Barracuda archivage, Twin TV/PVR 2Tb Samsungs, (80Gb Barracuda for the OS, but SSD envisaged...) Internet Speed ADSL2+ @14Mbps downstream & Cat6 Gigabit Ethernet Other Info Silicon Dust HD Homerun Dual FTA (Ethernet) TV Tuner, Billion BiPac 7800N router & ZyXEL 8x Gigabit Switch. Lian-Li CR26 Card Reader, Samsung SCX4300 AiO laser printer/scanner. NOD32 Anti-Virus. |
12-28-2011
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Quote: Originally Posted by Qdos Does Windows POST 8Gb during boot? I'm not sure what you mean... Sorry.
I updated the title to what the problem seems to be...
And my system specs are (Terrible I know  ): CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) II P340 Dual-Core Processor Motherboard: Hewlett-Packard 1444 BIOS: Default System BIOS Total Memory: 8.00 GB Usable Memory: 3.75 GB HDD: WDC WD32 00BEVT-60A23T0 SATA Disk Device Sound Card: (1) ATI High Definition Audio Device (2) Realtek High Definition Audio Graphics Card: AMD M880G with ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4250 OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 7600 Multiprocessor Free | My System Specs | | OS Windows Home Premium x64 |
12-29-2011
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#9 | | Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit |
It occasionally happens with 10600 RAM on some boards. You should try RMAing it for 10666 RAM. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Self-built OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit CPU Intel Core i7-3770 Motherboard Gigabyte Z68A-D3H-B3 Memory G.SKILL 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 F3-10666CL9D-8GBNT Graphics Card Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 6670 Sound Card Realtek ALC892 Monitor(s) Displays Samsung SyncMaster P2370HD, Dell 1703FPT Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 Keyboard Logitech Deluxe 250 Mouse Logitech MX518 PSU SeaSonic M12II SS-500GM Case Lian Li PC-9F Cooling Zalman CNPS9900LED Hard Drives Samsung Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ Internet Speed 8 Mbps |
12-29-2011
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Might have to enable memory remap in the BIOS settings, as mentioned in Sardonicus' link. | My System Specs | | OS Win 7 Home Premium x64 Windows Home Premium x64 only recognizes 3.74 of my 8gigs of RAM problems? All times are GMT -5. The time now is 01:44 PM. |  |