7gb Installed(3.98 usable)

[pearcenc]

so i have 4 sticks of 2gb memory each. when i look at my system under control panel i get the title. any idea how to find my missing 1gb of ram and make all 8gb usable(os is 64bit and win7 ultimate)

 

[Xttony]

What are your ram config?
Try resting the bios.
Replacing the ram cards in different slots.

 

[pearcenc]

What are your ram config?
Try resting the bios.
Replacing the ram cards in different slots.

what do u mean ram config and reset bios.

 

[Xttony]

How many ram cards you have and how are they placed in the motherboard?
And
Try to reset the bios settings.

 

[pearcenc]

cpu was bad. thats what caused the issue