Windows 10: Installed Physical RAM shown as 8GB despite having 16GB installed

Discus and support Installed Physical RAM shown as 8GB despite having 16GB installed in Windows 10 BSOD Crashes and Debugging to solve the problem; 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... Discussion in 'Windows 10 BSOD Crashes and Debugging' started by Creeperbob16, Aug 9, 2021.

  1. CREEPERBOB16
    Creeperbob16 Win User

    Installed Physical RAM shown as 8GB despite having 16GB installed


    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. To fix it I tried going into MSCONFIG-boot-advanced options and changing the maximum memory setting, but when I went there, I couldn't set it any higher than 8192MB, even though I have 16384MB installed. I'm using Windows 10 Home64 Bit with a PRIME A320M-K motherboard, AMD Ryzen 5 3400G with Radeon Vega Graphics, 3700Mhz, 4 Cores, 8 logical processors processor. I'm unsure how to

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    Creeperbob16, Aug 9, 2021
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  2. VRATTA
    VRatta Win User

    Installed a new RAM but doesn't show up.

    Hi, I have recently bough a new RAM to upgrade my laptop,

    the Laptop default spec:

    • Window 10 64bit
    • 4gb Nvidia gtx1650
    • 8gb ddr4 ram
    The issue is that I bought a new Crucial 8gb DDR4 RAM stick (same speed as a default RAM stick) in hope to upgrade my laptop to 16gb RAM, however, after installed, I check the system information and its still only showed 8gb of Physical RAM, the task manager
    also only showed 8gb, however the Virtual memory showed 15.9gb. So I am not sure if its suppose to be like this since I spent money to upgrade physical RAM.

    Thanks
     
    VRatta, Aug 9, 2021
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  3. PRASHII
    prashii Win User
    Windows shows 8GB RAM installed but 4GB RAM is usable

    Hi There,

    I've just upgraded my pc from 4GB RAM to 8GB RAM. Windows seems to have detected this upgrade but why does it show as only 4GB RAM available. The following is what I have tried so far with no luck:

    • I have tried the msconfig method on ensuring maximum memory is not checked.
    • physically removed the new RAM and reinstalled it
    Any thoughts/suggestions on how i can resolve this matter?

    Thanks
     
    prashii, Aug 9, 2021
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  4. PAULPCHOU
    PaulPChou Win User

    Installed Physical RAM shown as 8GB despite having 16GB installed

    8GB of ram or 16GB of ram in Win. 10?

    hi,

    I am in Taiwan and might buy a new laptop. For Windows 10, 8GB of ram or 16GB of ram good? I plan to install Photoshop and Illustrator.
     
    PaulPChou, Aug 9, 2021
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