8 Gigs in use with 8 reserved

[zyche01]

Hey fellas, I render videos for different side etc, and was wondering how to speed up the compressing process and figured I needed 16g for it. Well I already had 16g on my homebuilt so I wondered why it was a problem and found out its only using 8. I've head on win7 home it only always 8 and if so is there a way to change that?

Any help would be great,
zyche

 

[lp231]

Maximum ram supported for Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit is 16GB.
How many ram do you have your 16GB setup, is it 4x4GB, 2x8GB, 2x4GB+1x8GB?
Go to msconfig and Boot, Advanced Options.
Check if max ram is enabled. If yes disable it.

 

[Tradesman1]

What mobo, CPU, DRAM (model #s) and OS

 

[zyche01]

Amd anthon II

Asus gtx 650

Gskill something something 2by8 for 16gbs

Msisomething somethig.for the motherboard

I know that all the parts will work with eachother like ex: motherboard can handle up to 31gbs of ram

 

[lp231]

Can you post a picture of the ram usage. Have you try another slot?

 

[Tradesman1]

Should be able to find mobo and DRAM model/part numbers by using CPU-Z (free utility program)

 

[zyche01]

ok thx,

cpu: AMD Phenom IIX4 965

Mainboard: MSI 970A-G46

Memory: DDR3 Channel# Single Size 16gbs

 

[zyche01]

Ok sorry,
I have 2x8 for 16gbs and I have premium
the max ram box is unchecked and still nothing what now?

 

[lp231]

try 1 stick of ram at a time to see if it detects it as 8GB each

 

[Tradesman1]

Did it show anything in the part number of the SPD tab - that's where the DRAM part number should be

 

[zyche01]

ya it did

 

[Tradesman1]

Could be you have bent the CPU Pins when you installed the CPU, inattention to details leads to things like that

 

[zyche01]

I did bend them and plane on replacing the cpu soon. could that be the problem?

 

[Tradesman1]

Most definitely, and it happens quite often, I carry a set of razor blades in my tool bag whose only use is to straighten pins on AMD CPUS, best way I've found to get them to full extention and to properly gain full contact when reinserted

 

[zyche01]

Okay thanks, I did fix them "pins" awhile back though I believe I've permanently damaged a few. On another note how do I give your post as the solution?

 

[Tradesman1]

At the bottom of the responses you get, should be a Pick as the Solution Button, with a Green CheckMark on it, click on the Best Answer