- Jan 11, 2015
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Hey guys, little RAM trouble :|, It's ... "ramming" my ass. UGH i suck at puns. What the hell.
OKAY, SO
A while ago, i was in my computer specs, and I noticed my RAM said:
8GB RAM (4.00 Usable), so im 99% sure i was only able to use 4 gb of ram?
By the way, YES i HAVE A 64-BIT OPERATING SYSTEM.
Okay, after I noticed this, I decided to see if they put the RAM in correctly
(they because I had my comp pre-built since I'm a noob, but I swapped out every part except for the RAM)
I did this with my old Micro ATX mobo, and now I have an ATX mobo, it's nothin special, its called ASRock 970 Pro3 R2.0 if that helps
Also, my RAM is the generic green 1333 mhz RAM. :|
Anyway, in my system, it now shows as 8.00gb, just that, however, I play this game called "APB:Reloaded", and in task manager, it takes up 2.4 gb. I have NOTHING else open. NOTHING. I know about the background programs, like I have fraps and RazerSynapse(for keyboard), but all together, in task manager the things add up to roughly 3.6ish GB, and my RAM usage is 90%. So yea, i feel like I still only have 4gb. My friend also has 8gb, runs many programs, has garry's mod open, and only uses 40% ram, which is what I get on startup, with maybe some programs open.
TL;DR
I'm pretty sure I only have 4gb RAM installed, however I have 2x4gb.
How do I fix dis?
Thank you for any help, and ask if you need more info on my comp.
EDIT: People in other threads say to use different DIMM's which im guessing are the RAM slots? I don't wanna try that just yet, until I get confirmation on it, because I read that you shouldn't put RAM in the farthest slots from the CPU socket. Thanks!
OKAY, SO
A while ago, i was in my computer specs, and I noticed my RAM said:
8GB RAM (4.00 Usable), so im 99% sure i was only able to use 4 gb of ram?
By the way, YES i HAVE A 64-BIT OPERATING SYSTEM.
Okay, after I noticed this, I decided to see if they put the RAM in correctly
(they because I had my comp pre-built since I'm a noob, but I swapped out every part except for the RAM)
I did this with my old Micro ATX mobo, and now I have an ATX mobo, it's nothin special, its called ASRock 970 Pro3 R2.0 if that helps
Also, my RAM is the generic green 1333 mhz RAM. :|
Anyway, in my system, it now shows as 8.00gb, just that, however, I play this game called "APB:Reloaded", and in task manager, it takes up 2.4 gb. I have NOTHING else open. NOTHING. I know about the background programs, like I have fraps and RazerSynapse(for keyboard), but all together, in task manager the things add up to roughly 3.6ish GB, and my RAM usage is 90%. So yea, i feel like I still only have 4gb. My friend also has 8gb, runs many programs, has garry's mod open, and only uses 40% ram, which is what I get on startup, with maybe some programs open.
TL;DR
I'm pretty sure I only have 4gb RAM installed, however I have 2x4gb.
How do I fix dis?
Thank you for any help, and ask if you need more info on my comp.
EDIT: People in other threads say to use different DIMM's which im guessing are the RAM slots? I don't wanna try that just yet, until I get confirmation on it, because I read that you shouldn't put RAM in the farthest slots from the CPU socket. Thanks!
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