[SOLVED] Accidentally set maximum memory to 0

[Presslaw]

I had a problem that caused my ram to display only 8 gb on task manager but I have 16 gb. While I was trying to fix it I accidentally set my maximum ram from msconfig boot settings to zero. Then it immediately bluescreened and I can't boot windows. Is there a way to fix this from bios or am I screwed?

 

[COLGeek]

What version of Windows are you running? Have you tried booting into safe mode?

 

[Colif]

you probably need to boot from USB to do this
If WIn 10
On another PC, download the Windows 10 media creation tool and use it to make a win 10 installer on USB

If win 11
either download the media creation tool (2nd link) or download the ISO (3rd link) and use it to create a bootable USB - https://www.microsoft.com/en-au/software-download/windows11

Now once you have an installer,
Boot from USB
on screen after languages, choose repair this pc, not install.

choose troubleshoot

choose advanced

choose command prompt
type:
bcdedit /deletevalue {default} truncatememory
press enter
Then exit and restart

that should fix your memory problem.

as for the 8gb, did you check the ram sticks as windows 10/11 are more likely to discover bad sticks than the previous versions of windows.
Try running memtest86 on each of your ram sticks, one stick at a time, up to 4 passes. Only error count you want is 0, any higher could be cause of the BSOD. Remove/replace ram sticks with errors. Memtest is created as a bootable USB so that you don’t need windows to run it