Windows 10: Win 10 Not using all RAM

Hello, I just bought a new memory stick, and my pc is showing it has 8gb but only using 3.5 gb, which is the same as it was before. i cant see anything in my bios to change this, i have tried checking the maxmem in msconfig, that is off. I did a mem test which showed everything was fine.. Im running windows 10 preview build(Latest preview)







is there a way to force windows to use all ram?
For some reason the bios on this computer is really basic, it only allows you to change the boot order and such, there is nothing in there about memory etc.

HP 110-014 Desktop PC (ENERGY STAR)

Model #: H5P35AA

Thanks !

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Windows 10 RAM limit?

Upgrading to Win 10 from Win 7 Home Premium (Uses maximum of 16GB Ram), will I now be able to use all of my 32Gb Ram?

 

I own win 7 pro x64 and reserved my upgrade to win 10. Will this upgraded win 10 also be pro?

I have 32Gb of Corsair Vengeance Pro 2400 DDR3 RAM. I am worried that if I upgrade to win 10 it would be the home edition with a limit of 16Gb RAM use. I reserved my copy of win 10 as I can still choose wether or not to install after download. but I would
like to know if my upgraded win 10 would be the pro version like my win 7 is so I can use all my ram and install more in the future without hitting a max RAM ceiling.

Can a Microsoft rep please elaborate on this for me?

 

Remove the stick and reinstall it.

Do you also see the Hardware reserved on the task manager says 4.4 GB Hardware Reserved? That means the memory is being used for another device "Graphics Card, etc"

Do you have the memory stick in the correct slot?, Also, when the 4GB stick was inserted, did it also read 3.6 GB?

If you have another PC, you may want to test the Stick in a different PC

 

I switched slots and its still showing the same info. Yes when the stick was inserted it showed 3.6gb by itself, then i put the other stick in and its the same thing.. Any idea how to change this? Or should i just return the ram ?

 

Did you buy the correct memory for your HP ?? both memory sticks have to be the exact same. Here are your specs from HP's site for your computer.

•Single channel memory architecture
•Two 240-pin DDR3 DIMM sockets
•Supports the following:
•PC3-8500 (DDR3-1066)
•PC3-10600 (DDR3-1333)
•Non-ECC memory only, unbuffered
•Supports up to 4 GB on 32-bit systems
NOTE: 32-bit systems cannot address a full 4.0 GB of memory
•Supports up to 32 GB on 64-bit systems (with 16 GB DIMMs)

 

only difference is the brand, one is samsung one in Kingston

 

You can also download Speccy Free version and have it check your memory specs.
Speccy - Free Download

Good little program to check your spec's. *Smile

 

i checked the video card info and its showing i have 8gb for video card.. How can i switch that so the computer can use the ram not the gfx card?

 

Memory

8.0 GB DDR3

Speed: 1066 MHz
Slots used: 2 of 2
Form factor: DIMM
Hardware reserved: 4.4 GB

Available 2.0 GB
Cached 1.7 GB
Committed 1.8/7.2 GB
Paged pool 211 MB
Non-paged pool 96.5 MB
In use (Compressed) 1.5 GB (42.7 MB)

 

They both have to be one or the other of these 2 types.
•PC3-8500 (DDR3-1066)
or
•PC3-10600 (DDR3-1333)

If one is different they won't work.... Also.....they might have to be a Matched pair ....not sure in your case.

 

Download that program Speccy it will give you more information....

 

RAM
Memory slots
Total memory slots 2
Used memory slots 2
Free memory slots 0
Memory
Type DDR3
Size 8192 MBytes
DRAM Frequency 532.1 MHz
CAS# Latency (CL) 7 clocks
RAS# to CAS# Delay (tRCD) 7 clocks
RAS# Precharge (tRP) 7 clocks
Cycle Time (tRAS) 20 clocks
Bank Cycle Time (tRC) 27 clocks
Physical Memory
Memory Usage 49 %
Total Physical 3.57 GB
Available Physical 1.82 GB
Total Virtual 7.20 GB
Available Virtual 5.18 GB
SPD
Number Of SPD Modules 2
Slot #1
Slot #2


Then:
ATI AMD Radeon HD 7310 Graphics
Manufacturer ATI
Model AMD Radeon HD 7310 Graphics
GPU Wrestler
Device ID 1002-9809
Subvendor HP (103C)
Current Performance Level Level 0
Voltage 0.875 V
Die Size 59 mm²
Transistors 59 M
Release Date Jun 2012
DirectX Support 11.0
GPU Clock 528.0 MHz
Temperature 123 °F
Core Voltage 0.875 V
Driver version 15.201.1151.0
ROPs 4
Shaders 80 unified
Memory Type DDR3
Memory 384 MB
Bus Width System
Pixel Fillrate 2.1 GPixels/s
Texture Fillrate 4.2 GTexels/s
Bandwidth 8.5 GB/s <--- WHY!!!??

 

That's just the Bandwidth ...Speed ....not how much memory the GPU is using!!! Which in your case is very little by the spec's I looked up.

I've asked you twice to run Speccy but I don't see that you have.....don't know where your getting these spec's.... but your memory spec's are not showing the type of memory sticks you installed...

Computer memory and what is on your graphics card are completely different They don't share ....

 

i pasted that from speccy