Computer only detecting 8 GB of RAM instead of 16 GB
Jun 14, 2018 · When you look at the system information option of windows it will report the physical amount of ram seen by windows. And should be 16Gb. If you find that 16Gb is not reported as the total physical memory fitted. But the bios reports 16Gb of memory detected.
2 x 8GB Vs 1 x 16GB RAM | Which is better and why?
Jan 10, 2025 · I understand that you have some doubts regarding the use of memories of 2 x 8 GB sticks or 1 x 16 GB stick and I will try to help you. Two memory sticks enable the use of Dual Channel technology. Dual Channel is the feature that allows the chipset or processor to communicate with two memory channels simultaneously.
Hello i just added a 16gb ram stick to my laptop which previously …
Nov 23, 2024 · According to your feedback, you are experiencing the problem of adding 16G ram to a computer that has 8G ram. Let me explain, if you don't unplug the original 8G ram, your 16G ram will be downclocked if you plug it in. In other words, the 16G ram you add will be forced to work at 8G for the computer.
I have 16GB of RAM that is detected on my system but only …
Apr 20, 2020 · I checked if my PC was using all 16GBs of RAM after the update, but it still isnt using it all. It seems that the RAM is being reserved for hardware. How would I make it so that I can use the RAM instead of it being used for hardware. (I am aware that I have to keep some of it reserved for hardware).
Windows 10 Pro Only seeing half of installed RAM
Nov 27, 2019 · When you look at the system information option of windows it will report the physical amount of ram seen by windows. And should be 16Gb. If you find that 16Gb is not reported as the total physical memory fitted. But the bios reports 16Gb of memory detected.
[SOLVED] Installed Physical RAM shown as 8GB despite having …
Aug 9, 2021 · I recently installed 16GB of DDR4 RAM on my computer, replacing my 8GB of DDR4 RAM. When I checked in System Information how much Installed Physical Memory there was, it showed 8GB, and I'm very concerned by that.
32GB Ram crashes windows. - Microsoft Community
Jun 24, 2020 · Still with only 1 Disk, and 16GB ram, Add 16GB vram. (In the Control panel - System - Advanced settings. You reboot when changed the disk swap file to 16000 from default.) Now, test the system (Only one disk and 16GB ram still) In windows, again. Surf to nvidia.com. Click on links etc. Test Facebook if you have it. Its perfect to test a system on)
Laptop Slow after Ram Upgrade - Microsoft Community
Apr 11, 2022 · Hello! after upgrading my laptops ram from 8gb to 16gb it started running slower, i tried reinstalling the 8gb stick, like the way it was before, it got better but in games i kept having a lot of stuttering, i tried running a memtest but it said that everything was okay. I have an Acer Aspire a315-41 with a Ryzen 5 3500u with radeon vega 8
Critical process died stop code when using 16gbs of ram
Jan 9, 2025 · I have updated all drivers, seating and reseating the ram, reseating the CPU, changing the frequency and voltages of the ram in BIOS with no success. I have a MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk Max Wifi motherboard, Ryzen 5 3600 CPU, and Kingston Fury Beast DDR4 ram cards (i have 2 8gb sticks and 1 16gb stick. both configurations of 16gb ram causes the BSOD).
WIN10 does not utilize full 16GB of RAM, 8GB hardware reserved
Jan 1, 2017 · The Page File should not be disabled, as is often suggested in this era of heaps of RAM, but. I've had no issues using a 2GB min and max for the past five years or so. The Page File does not really add to system memory, and is not setup in the RAM. It's more an HDD cache. A pre-RAM, pre-load area that was more important in the old days of low RAM