6 gb ram only 3.96 gb usable

rvcjew · 21 Nov 2014

aek21tzonis said:

Unfortunately, it still reports the same, so that didn't work.

Where did you see the thing about your pci mmio settings I can't find that in the manual for your board anywhere. Have you tried flashing back as Slartybart has suggested? also at this point it cant hurt to just remove the cmos battery for like 15 minutes so that it is for sure at defaults.

EDIT: Make sure your in bios the on-board gpu is set to peg/pci as well (i don't think that's part of your problem but it should be that anyways) it might have to do with pci allocation in conjunction with that.

aek21tzonis · 22 Nov 2014

rvcjew said:

aek21tzonis said:

Unfortunately, it still reports the same, so that didn't work.

Where did you see the thing about your pci mmio settings I can't find that in the manual for your board anywhere. Have you tried flashing back as Slartybart has suggested? also at this point it cant hurt to just remove the cmos battery for like 15 minutes so that it is for sure at defaults.

EDIT: Make sure your in bios the on-board gpu is set to peg/pci as well (i don't think that's part of your problem but it should be that anyways) it might have to do with pci allocation in conjunction with that.

Looks like this on Chipset:

Advanced

IMC Type: Lynnfield

DRAM Frequency: Auto

DDR3 - 800 MHz
DDR3 - 1066 MHz
DDR3 - 1333 MHz

Memory Remap Feature: Enabled

PCI MMIO Allocation: 4 gb to 3584 GB ->you can't choose anything there but I'm typing down everything it says

Inititate Graphic Adapter [PCIE/PCI]
[PCI/PCIE]

rvcjew · 22 Nov 2014

So try removing the cmos battery for a while now then (make sure your power cable is unplugged from the back of the pc first and before you pull the battery push the power button once to drain any capacitors). Your wonky senors are still a sign something else is going on. Can you take a picture of this screen in your bios after leaving that battery out of the pc for like 15 minutes.

aek21tzonis · 23 Nov 2014

Before I do anything just to mention that the same thing happened another time when I had given my tower to get cleaned and stuff and it happened to say the same thing (4 gb installed memory 2 gb usable at that time)
and I remember fixing it by re-installing net framework or something, but this time it didn't work.
hope that helps .

rvcjew · 24 Nov 2014

aek21tzonis said:

Before I do anything just to mention that the same thing happened another time when I had given my tower to get cleaned and stuff and it happened to say the same thing (4 gb installed memory 2 gb usable at that time)
and I remember fixing it by re-installing net framework or something, but this time it didn't work.
hope that helps .

I have looked into that and if it is anything from that I have no idea what would cause it but try what I have mentioned then get back to us with any results you find.

aek21tzonis · 24 Nov 2014

well , another friend of mine told me that since I have 2 slots, I will either have to buy a new stick and make it 8 gb (the same as the 4gb one) or 2 of 3 gb to use all 6..

rvcjew · 24 Nov 2014

aek21tzonis said:

well , another friend of mine told me that since I have 2 slots, I will either have to buy a new stick and make it 8 gb (the same as the 4gb one) or 2 of 3 gb to use all 6..

That should only be to use it in dual channel you should still be able to use all of it in single channel. I still think your bios is perhaps messed up because of the sensor readings but I think your ram allocation problem is because of something in your os now. If you look at this picture of my allocation is yours similar except your reserved part is much higher? This is the resource monitor.

aek21tzonis · 24 Nov 2014

6 gb ram only 3.96 gb usable-monitor.png

that's mine right here

aek21tzonis · 24 Nov 2014

also what if I actually reset my bios to how it was in the first place?

aek21tzonis · 24 Nov 2014

Memory
2 x DIMM, Max. 8 GB, DDR3 1333/1066 Non-ECC,Un-buffered Memory
Dual Channel memory architecture
* When installing total memory of 4GB capacity or more, Windows® 32-bit operation system may only recognize less than 3GB. Hence, a total installed memory of less than 3GB is recommended.

those are my mobo's specifications and what I bought was higher that those. I bought an 1600 mhz stick and cpu-z only recognized 800 mhz for some reason , so that might be the issue there. so i was thinking to buy this one instead :Transcend DDR3 4GB Dimm 1333MHz - ?????? RAM
what do you guys think? 1333 mhz is the max as you can see^^.