Windows 10: Hardware reserved half of my ram

Discus and support Hardware reserved half of my ram in Windows 10 Gaming to solve the problem; Hello, I am currently having a RAM issue, about 2 days ago I had taken out a ram stick. I placed it back firmly and made sure it was all good and... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Gaming' started by Alex Morales1, Jul 27, 2023.

  1. ALEX MORALES1
    Alex Morales1 Win User

    Hardware reserved half of my ram


    Hello, I am currently having a RAM issue, about 2 days ago I had taken out a ram stick. I placed it back firmly and made sure it was all good and connected. Well when I check task manager, it does indeed show 16GB 8x2. But the big issue I’m having is that only 8 is being used. It has about 8.1 GB of hardware reserved, which feels like it’s too much. This really affects me as I myself usually use my pc for entertainment, I play heavy video games that requires more than 8GB. It generally makes my whole pc feel buggy and laggy, I didn’t have this issue before and everything was good until I had

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    Alex Morales1, Jul 27, 2023
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  2. LUCAL
    LuCal Win User

    Half of my RAM is hardware reserved

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    NTN, I did the hardware diagnostic you suggested by typing msdt.exe -id DeviceDiagnostic in Run, but no issues were found.

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    I've downloaded the Gigabyte manual and will take a look at it. Thanks
     
    LuCal, Jul 27, 2023
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  3. SCOTTDETO
    scottdeto Win User
    Half of RAM 'Hardware Reserved'

    I have 32GB of RAM installed and half is "hardware reserved" by Windows. I've tried every suggestion I can find, including moving the modules around to different slots. My MB does not have onboard graphics.

    Specs:
    • Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-AX370M-DS3H (BIOS on latest firmware)
    • CPU: Ryzen 7 2700X (upgraded from 1700x and it didn't help)
    • RAM: Corsair VENGEANCE® LPX 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4 DRAM 2400MHz C16 Memory Kit
    • GPU: Nvidia RTX-2060 Super


    The BIOS, Windows, CPUZ and HWInfo all show 32GB installed and both slots used, but Windows says "Hardware Reserved: 16.1GB".

    This was occurring on Windows 10. I am currently running Windows 11 (beta channel) and it didn't help. I also upgraded my CPU from a Ryzen 7 1700 with no change.

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    scottdeto, Jul 27, 2023
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  4. BREE
    Bree Win User

    Hardware reserved half of my ram

    Half of RAM 'Hardware Reserved'

    According to your motherboard's manual (page 10) you should be using slots ddr4_1 and ddr4_2

    https://download.gigabyte.com/FileLi...70m-ds3h_e.pdf

    It would also be worth checking the bios settings for memory suit the memory you are using (page 24 onwards).
     
    Bree, Jul 27, 2023
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