Windows only using half my RAM.


  1. Posts : 3
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
       #1

    Windows only using half my RAM.


    For some reason Windows is only using half of my installed amount of ram, why?
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  2. Posts : 12,012
    Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64-bit
       #2

    It's likely using all it wants to use.

    To paraphrase the old joke, if it's using only half and you want it to use all of your RAM, take out half of what you have.

    But I can't say as I've seen 16 GB for hardware reserved.
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  3. Posts : 3
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #3

    That's what I am really worried about
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  4. Posts : 2,497
    Windows 7 Pro 64 bit
       #4

    The reason is that you are using Windows 7 home premium which is limited to 16 GB RAM.
    Memory Limits for Windows and Windows Server Releases (Windows)

    You would need Windows 7 Professional or Ultimate to use all 32 GB. But only a very heavy workload would make real use of even 16 GB RAM.
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  5. Posts : 3
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #5

    Ok thanks for that but now the real question is why is half of it locked in hardware reserved?
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  6. Posts : 297
    Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Service Pack 1
       #6

    So basically, if you install more than enough RAM in your computer, that means you'd have to install a new edition of Windows to take advantage of it.
    Windows Anytime Upgrade - How to

    I have the whole 16 GB installed, but the system still holds around 52 MB of it in Hardware Reserved.
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  7. Posts : 2,497
    Windows 7 Pro 64 bit
       #7

    gar0421 said:
    Ok thanks for that but now the real question is why is half of it locked in hardware reserved?
    Very simple really. Windows 7 home premium is limited to 16 GB RAM but you have 32 GB. To enforce the limit Windows does the only thing it can do and puts the 16 GB surplus into hardware reserved. This is precisely what you must expect. There is no legal way around this with your current OS.
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       #8

    Maybe a daft query but what are you going to use 32GB of RAM for??
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