Windows 10: Windows showing 8GB of Ram when 16GB is installed.

Discus and support Windows showing 8GB of Ram when 16GB is installed. in Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware to solve the problem; Hi, I have an HP Pavillion x360 laptop which had 16GB of ram. Recently I completely wiped all my files and setting from windows because it was... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware' started by DhruvJoshi Vyas, Dec 22, 2020.

  1. Windows showing 8GB of Ram when 16GB is installed.


    Hi,

    I have an HP Pavillion x360 laptop which had 16GB of ram. Recently I completely wiped all my files and setting from windows because it was starting to get quite slow and all the files in it were not important. After the wipe, windows showed only 8GB of ram when there should have been 16.


    What should I do to fix this?

    Thanks in Advance.


    Windows showing 8GB of Ram when 16GB is installed. d15eb189-6086-4683-93a5-01ec1778fd35?upload=true.png

    :)
     
    DhruvJoshi Vyas, Dec 22, 2020
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  2. 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, Dec 22, 2020
    #2
  3. PaulPChou Win User
    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, Dec 22, 2020
    #3
  4. VRatta Win User

    Windows showing 8GB of Ram when 16GB is installed.

    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, Dec 22, 2020
    #4
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