Windows 10: 2.1GB Hardware Reserved RAM

Discus and support 2.1GB Hardware Reserved RAM in Windows 10 BSOD Crashes and Debugging to solve the problem; I've had 2100MB hardware reserved memory ever since I got my PC. I've tried Run maintenance task Setting maximum memoryMSConfig > Boot to 0 and... Discussion in 'Windows 10 BSOD Crashes and Debugging' started by Zing K, Mar 1, 2021.

  1. Zing K Win User

    2.1GB Hardware Reserved RAM


    I've had 2100MB hardware reserved memory ever since I got my PC. I've tried

    • Run maintenance task
    • Setting maximum memoryMSConfig > Boot to 0 and turning it off
    • Booting in Safe ModeIt was still reserved

    I've also tried checking the BIOS, but I couldn't find anything relating to my integrated GPU or memory. I have a B450M DS3H-CF Revision 1.0.


    Any help would be appreciated, thanks in advance!

    :)
     
    Zing K, Mar 1, 2021
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  2. SvenL Win User

    8.1GB Reserved for hardware

    I've had this pc for about 7 months and never really checked my usable ram, but recently i wanted to play some games with a 16GB RAM requirement, so i checked and saw that half of my installed RAM is reserved. Now i know it's normal for some ram to be reserved, but 8.1GB seems a bit excessive, so i was wondering what might be wrong?
    I'm running Windows 10 Pro, and here are some pics of taskmng and RAM info.
    2.1GB Hardware Reserved RAM [​IMG]

    2.1GB Hardware Reserved RAM [​IMG]

    2.1GB Hardware Reserved RAM [​IMG]

    2.1GB Hardware Reserved RAM [​IMG]


    Thanks alot in advance
     
    SvenL, Mar 1, 2021
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  3. Disk Usage Always at 100% and 2GB Hardware Reserved RAM

    Like I said before, I have tried many combinations and I found that the memory slots are messing up.
    If I use the match Slot1: 1GB ; slot 2: 2GB; slot 3: 1GB; slot 4: 2GB, I only get 3GB of usable RAM

    If I use the match Slot1: 2GB ; slot 2: 2GB; slot 3: 1GB; slot 4: 1GB, I get 4GB of usable RAM

    If I use the match Slot1: 1GB ; slot 2: 1GB; slot 3: 2GB; slot 4: 2GB, I get 2GB of usable RAM

    Its kinda confusing, I know. The 2 slots on the left are getting the "usable memory". The 2 on the right are "reserving" it for hardware. It is really like that. And it never happened before.


    With the match that you asked for I get this

    2.1GB Hardware Reserved RAM [​IMG]
     
    jdsequeira, Mar 1, 2021
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  4. dalchina Win User

    2.1GB Hardware Reserved RAM

    Problem about RAM & Hardware reserved. Need advice.

    Hi, some similar reports have been posted- if you search for these, ignore those related to using 32bit Windows on >4Gb RAM- that's not your situation of course.

    Noted there are differences in the last two CPU-Z reports on your RAM, which may suggest something about that in slot 2.

    See e.g.
    Hardware reserved memory issue - Windows 10 Forums
    on RAM issues.

    BIOS update:
    I have 24GB installed RAM (7.95 usable) How do I fix this? - Windows 10 Forums

    For more such posts, just search for Hardware Reserved
     
    dalchina, Mar 1, 2021
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