[SOLVED] Memory now not being seen?

[Crimsonfury17]

Hi , ok so ive had my computer for awhile now with absolutely no issues with memory or anything really . Just did a windows update and now my PC will only recognize 8gb of memory when it should be 16 ? Has always read 16gb and never any issues . CPUID Recognizes the memory but task manager does not ? Ive tried the basic thing in msconfig to get it to work but with no luck . Any Ideas ? Only change was a windows update

 

[PassMark]

Could be co-incidence.
CPU-ID will be reading the RAM SPD data via the SMBus.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_presence_detect

System Management Bus - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

This means the RAM is at least partially functional. (i.e the SMbus pins + power are connected in the RAM slot).

To start with I would open the box and re-seat the the RAM sticks a couple of times. This will clean up the connector & gold fingers on the sticks.

 

[SamirD]

If windows is the only thing that's having an issue with it and an update broke it, I would just wait for another update to fix it as you're not the only one.