Solved Only a certain amout of RAM is usable

[tech291083]

Hi friends!

I am running Windows 7 Home Basic 64 bit (fully update with a paid anti-virus and firewall software) on one of my PCs. The motherboard on this PC is Gigabyte H61M-S.

GA-H61M-S (rev. 1.0) Specification | Motherboard - GIGABYTE India

I have just tried to increase my RAM by trying RAMs of different brands. All of them are DDR3 only as my motherboard supports DDR3 only. The total capacity of RAM support is 16GB. But sometimes when I installed RAMs of two different reputed brands or even the same brand, Windows says the only a certain amount of RAM is usable even if the total RAM installed is more than that. Why so? Both the RAM slots are fine. Please help me out. Thanks.

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[torchwood]

Hi James,

Its MS --- Home BASIC only supports max 8GB

 

[flavallee]

Here is a chart of the memory limits for the different Windows 7 versions.

 

[tech291083]

Thanks a lot friends for the reply now it makes sense to me. I was a bit worried, but you pointed me in the right direction.

 

[Bree]

It's probably not what you want to hear, but if you really need to use the full 16GB of installed RAM, then you could upgrade to Windows 10. It is still a free upgrade.

Upgrade to Windows 10 from Windows 7 for Free | Tutorials

Your W7 Home Basic would upgrade to W10 Home which has a RAM limit of 128GB.

 

[tech291083]

It's probably not what you want to hear, but if you really need to use the full 16GB of installed RAM, then you could upgrade to Windows 10. It is still a free upgrade.
Upgrade to Windows 10 from Windows 7 for Free | Tutorials

Your W7 Home Basic would upgrade to W10 Home which has a RAM limit of 128GB.

Thanks a lot. I will consider that.