Windows 10: I have 8GB RAM installed but only 2.6GB usable

Discus and support I have 8GB RAM installed but only 2.6GB usable in Windows 10 BSOD Crashes and Debugging to solve the problem; Hey everyone I have and always had 8GB installed in this PC, i think i never had more than 4 usable but now i only get 2.6 as it says on the system... Discussion in 'Windows 10 BSOD Crashes and Debugging' started by Diogo_Carvalho, Mar 24, 2021.

  1. DIOGO_CARVALHO
    Diogo_Carvalho Win User

    I have 8GB RAM installed but only 2.6GB usable


    Hey everyone


    I have and always had 8GB installed in this PC, i think i never had more than 4 usable but now i only get 2.6 as it says on the system info


    Anyone knows how to fix this??


    I tried to go to the msconfig and then up to the "max memory" but it didnt worked...



    please help


    Thank you in advance

    :)
     
    Diogo_Carvalho, Mar 24, 2021
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  2. SHOBUDDY
    shobuddy Win User

    Installed memory: 8GB (6GB usable) - 2 GB is Hardware Reserved

    I'm starting to suspect this since I've tried everything else. So Windows would recognize the 8GB installed even though the pins are bent? I figured if the pins are bent, it would only recognize and use what it can see but its seeing 8GB and saying only 6GB is usable.
     
    shobuddy, Mar 24, 2021
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  3. SHOBUDDY
    shobuddy Win User
    Installed memory: 8GB (6GB usable) - 2 GB is Hardware Reserved

    I ran "Speccy" diagnostic on the memory in below is a screenshot. You can see from the numbers which are the pairs. Anything in the number discrepancy between the pairs that would cause an issue. Even so, its odd that three of the modules would be usable. I would expect both the two new ones not to be usable, not just one?


    I have 8GB RAM installed but only 2.6GB usable [​IMG]
     
    shobuddy, Mar 24, 2021
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  4. SHOBUDDY
    shobuddy Win User

    I have 8GB RAM installed but only 2.6GB usable

    Installed memory: 8GB (6GB usable) - 2 GB is Hardware Reserved

    I'm not very savvy so I've attached the page from the manual discussing this. Can't tell if it would only allow two slots.


    I have 8GB RAM installed but only 2.6GB usable [​IMG]
     
    shobuddy, Mar 24, 2021
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