Windows 10: Installed physical RAM vs Total physical RAM

Hello everyone,


I tried to install 16 GB of RAM to my computer, instead of the initial 8 I had. But when I add the new RAM in total 4x4 GB of RAM, and they are the same kind. the installed RAM increases to 16 but the total physical RAM hence the total usable RAM remains 8 GB.

I want to point out, I am NOT talking about available physical memory, but TOTAL, compared to installed.




Sorry the system is not English, but this is a screenshot from System properties so the titles follow each other the same way.


I have a 64-bit Win 10, so that is not the issue.

BIOS sees all four modules, and there is no indication that the GPU uses the extra memory.

Tried to change the paging file size, but didn't help.


I am at a loss. Especially because only appears over 8 GB of memory, no matter which module goes into which socket.


Thanks in advance, hope someone can help.


Cheers,


Matt

:)

 

msinfo: Installed Physical Memory (RAM) figure is incorrect

I have 8GB of Physical RAM installed upon my PC (2 slots of 4GB cards), and 7936MB setup for the Paging file size.

msinfo is showing:

Code:

[b]Installed Physical Memory (RAM)[/b]
[b]12.0 GB    <--- ?????[/b]Total Physical Memory
         8.00 GB  <-- CorrectAvailable Physical Memory  5.90 GB  Total Virtual Memory         15.7 GB <-- Correct  Available Virtual Memory        13.7 GB

Why is the "Installed Physical Memory (RAM)" showing up as 12.0 GB?

Unfortunately, it's also the figure being shown on "Control Panel\System and Security\System" "Installed memory (RAM):" - which is where I usually go to view memory configuration for a PC, but just happened to notice this "change" following a recent pushed
update.

I've tried Googling for an answer but keep coming up with different scenarios which dont explain the change I am seeing... it was correct before, and is correctly shown on another of my PC's running Windows 10... so what could possibly be causing this discrepancy
?

OS Name Microsoft Windows 10 Pro N

Version 10.0.18362 Build 18362

System Type x64-based PC

Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Extreme CPU Q6850 @ 3.00GHz, 3000 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)

BaseBoard Manufacturer ASRock

BaseBoard Product G41C-GS

 

Where is my RAM?

Hi,





Cache stored on Windows
10 restricts your PC
from working efficiently. If there is a continuous and high volume of cached read requests from any process or from any
driver, the working set (the number of memory pages in the physical RAM)
size of the system file cache will grow to meet this demand.
The system file cache consumes the physical RAM. Therefore, sufficient
amounts of physical RAM are not available for other processes.

On 64-bit versions of Windows operating systems, the size of the virtual address range is typically larger than
the physical RAM. In this situation, the working set for the system file cache can increase to consume most of the physical RAM.

We suggest that you clear caches on your Windows 10 computer to resolve memory usage issues. Few things that you
can try clearing are the Windows Store and Temp Files caches. Check out the steps below:

How to clear the Windows Store cache:

• 
  Press
  Windows + R keys to open a
  Run prompt.
  
• 
  Type
  WSReset.exe
  into the text box, then click
  OK.
  

How to clear the Temp Files cache:

• 
  Open the
  Start menu.
  
• 
  Type
  Disk Cleanup, then
  press Enter.
  
• 
  Under the
  Disk Cleanup tab, uncheck all boxes except for
  Temporary Files, then click
  OK.
  

Hope the above information helps.
Feel free to contact us if you need further help.

 

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