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Forum discussion tagged with hardware reserved.
  1. techydecky

    [SOLVED] Half of my RAM is Hardware Reserved ?

    Hello, this is my first time posting in this forum. I’ve read other posts with the same issue, but none of the solutions have worked for me. I’ve tried almost everything suggested in this forum, but nothing seems to work. So, I decided to create my own post. This PC was a gift from my relative...
  2. ariestenacious

    Question Hardware Reserved ?

    After using PC like usual for the past couple of years, started having problems. After booting up rather light games i've recieved a couple of Blue Screens, after that stopped getting those and saw my pc turning off and restarting. Browser or Discord didn't seem to do the same thing to the PC...
  3. pigzit

    Question Task Manager & Resource Monitor display having both 32 and 16GB of ram at the same time?

    I recently upgraded from 2x8GB 3000mhz DDR4 to 2x16GB 3200mhz DDR4 on a system with a Ryzen 5 1600, RX570, and B350F. In task manager my total memory is displayed as 32gb, but the graph and all other data reads as if I have only 16gb. Also listed in task manager is "Hardware Reserved: 16gb"...
  4. RedShadowXD

    Question Half of my RAM is hardware reserved (8,1GB)

    Specs: Windows 10 Home 64-bit 22H2 AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Micro-Star International Co. Ltd. B450 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7B85) (AM4) 2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 (Gigabyte) Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro (8 x 2GB, C16) CMW16GX4MXC3200C16 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---...
  5. Horizen

    [SOLVED] task manager says i have 8gb of hardware reserved and no solution will work!

    i recently noticed my FPS has been really bad in all games, so i checked my task manager and it said i only had 8gb of memory and the other 8 is "Hardware reserved" ive tried every solution i can find, ive updated my bios swtiched the slots tried new RAM sticks went into MSCONFIG and unchecked...
  6. B

    [SOLVED] RAM suddenly won't run at 3200Mhz (stuck at 2133Mhz on dual channel) ?

    My PC ran 3200Mhz (16gb) on dual channel (Slot 2 and 4) without any problems since I got it but now it won't. Today, I cleaned up my pc (the ram was not removed during cleaning since I only used compressed air to clean it), and also put in a new thermal paste on my processor. After putting all...
  7. K

    [SOLVED] Half of memory is hardware reserved. Sometimes.

    Hello everyone, I have an annoying problem with my pc. About 4 months ago it freezed and after a restart I noticed that half of my memory is hardware reserved. I solved that problem accidentaly by updating chipset drivers. Then 2 days ago the same happened so I checked if there are newer...
  8. bobbyboi

    [SOLVED] How can my friend use 'Hardware Reserved' memory?

    My friend has an A320M motherboard which only supports 2 memory slots and he recently installed 2x4GB sticks in. It says he has 8GB like we expected however it only shows 5GB. We went to Task Manager and saw that he had 3GB of memory in Hardware Reserved. We've tried tutorials but we haven't...
  9. CeSiumUA

    Question 16 Gb RAM hardware reserved

    Hello guys!I've encountered this problem: Yesterday, I've bought 2 more RAM sticks for my PC.There already have been 2 sticks, 2x HyperX DDR4-2666 8192MB PC4-21300 Fury Black (HX426C16FB2/8)There were placed something like that: 11 (* - empty slot, 1 - used by stick)The new RAM sticks have the...
  10. D31T7

    Question 4GB RAM is "hardware reserved" after update on Windows 10 ?

    task manager img so after i update my windows 10 (microsoft edge update), everything feels a lil bit laggy , i first realize it when i started playing assassin creed, it stutters alot then i try to check it on my task manager , it shows that my memory is only 4gb available BUT both of ram is...
  11. MrMoje

    Question 8gb of my 16gb ram is "hardware reserved" help needed

    hello people of tom's hardware if your up for a challenge, i am in need of dire help. wich btw i have tried a lot of solutions, this is'nt an easy fix. system specs: this is a screenshot of my task manager (: View: https://imgur.com/a/v8gNlpj 16gb 2400mhz(bought sepertly but the exact same...
  12. O

    Question System is assigning half the ram as hardware reserved

    Hello there, I'm having this issue and after searching for the last couple of days i have yet to find a solution, so here goes I recently bought a kit of Corsair Dominator Platinum 4x16 64gb 3200 MHz ram and for the life of me can't make the whole 64gb available as half is being hardware...
  13. RenzT.

    Question Question about ram hardware reserved

    Is it normal to have a ram hardware reserved? im using athlone 200ge with vega 3 graphics. my ram is 8gb kingston hyperx. 2.1gb is allocated as hardware reserved and the rest (5.9gb) is my useable ram. thanks
  14. C

    laptop wont start

    When i turn my laptop on it goes to the winfows boot manager but i cant get it to do nothing else no matter whats keys i mash they wont work
  15. NDDU Julius BSIT

    How does GPU Boost 2.0 work on GT 940MX?

    I've been watching the statistics of my GPU lately. Overclocked Core clock to 135 and memory clock to 245 but after a while, the CPU clock goes down from 1336 MHz to 1121 MHz and I notice a little more stuttering. Is GPU Boost 2.0 even working? or am I doing something wrong? Overclocking a...
  16. M

    Windows 10 wont boot after deleting windows.old

    While I was cleaning my PC using CCleaner, I decided to delete windows.old folder. After cleaning process finished, programs never launch when I open it. I restarted the windows but it won't boot and give STOP CODE error. Here is my Laptop Specification: Model: Lenovo z570 CPU: intel...
  17. L

    Will a Intel Core i7 4790K last me 4-5 years?

    Hi all, I'm am building my first gaming pc soon and I am hoping it to last me around 4-5 years with decent settings and framerates. I am planning to upgrade components such as the ram and graphics cards, but I was hoping that I would not have to upgrade my CPU if I went with the Intel Core i7...
  18. J

    Removing RAID 1 disks

    Would I loose any data if I remove both RAID 1 disks, reinstalled my NAS OS and then put them back in ? I'm using two 2TB disks in RAID 1 with a LaCie Big 5 Pro NAS.
  19. I

    AMD FX-8350 Chipsrt intalled, but no CCC? (Catalyst Control Center)

    So, about a week ago I built my own rig... The Goods: An ASUS M5A97 LE R2.0 MOBO An AMD FX 8350 8-Core Unlocked Black Ed. Processor Veshira series An Nvidia GTX 760 EVGA Ed. W/GPU boost 2.0 A WD Black Ed. 1 TB HDD Standard ASUS DVD/RW Optical Drive 8 GB DDR3 Corsair Vengange Black Ed. RAM (2...