8GB RAM installed, only 3.95GB Available?

Psycho Pitbull

Psycho Pitbull

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Hi Guys

I am sitting with an interesting issue here on my PC

I have 2 4GB RAM modules installed, but Win10 gives the following message:
8GB Installed (3.95 GB Available).
Why would that be?

BIOS shows that 8GB RAM is installed, a program called Speccy also states the same.
I have already updated drivers for the MB.
I have tried the popular result from Google, which is:
Run msconfig, go to boot tab, advanced options and untick the Maximum Memory box.
I have also tried switching the physical modules from slots 1 and 3 to slots 2 and 4.

But so far, I am coming up snake eyes on all my efforts.
What are the chances that one of the physical modules are faulty?

I can't really say with certainty when this issue started, only noticed it by chance when I did a check to see if my PC can run a certain game.

Any help or advise would be greatly appreciated.

Thanx
PP
 
Because you have a 32 bit version of Windows installed instead of a 64 Bit.

32 bit versions can only address up to that amount.

Wrong windows version - you gonna have to re-install.
 
OT and sorry about that, any idea where I could get 4GB 1333MHz DD3 RAM from at a decent price?
 
LazyLion said:
Then one of your chips (or RAM slots) is dead.
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Hmmm...

Psycho Pitbull said:
I have 2 4GB RAM modules installed, but Win10 gives the following message:
8GB Installed (3.95 GB Available).
Why would that be?

BIOS shows that 8GB RAM is installed, a program called Speccy also states the same.
Click to expand...

I'd haul out Task Manager and check the "Memory" function on the Performance tab
 
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