Question My computer is only using half of his RAM

[ben changed son]

so for some time now my computer is only using half of the ram (4gb instead of 8) the computer in itself is aware that there are 8gb of ram but in the task manager it only shows 4 , so here are some pictures

https://imgur.com/a/lFyu5rJ

View: https://imgur.com/a/lFyu5rJ

 

[nowendoc]

Is your Windows 32bit instead of 64bit? If so it can only use 4GB of memory max.

 

[ben changed son]

Is your Windows 32bit instead of 64bit? If so it can only use 4GB of memory max.

no my windows is 64bits and my processor is 64 bits too , at least that what's i see in there and sorry my computer is in french ,

https://imgur.com/a/vv9eGBK

View: https://imgur.com/a/vv9eGBK

 

[nowendoc]

ah pas de bol, sorry that didn't help

 

[Dunlop0078]

What is your issue? So you have 8gb installed? Both CPU-Z and system info are showing 8gb installed not 4.

The computer will use what it needs, it's not going to use all 8gb of your RAM unless an application demands that much RAM.

 

[ben changed son]

ah pas de bol, sorry that didn't help

no problem m8 happy you tried anyway

 

[ben changed son]

What is your issue? So you have 8gb installed? Both CPU-Z and system info are showing 8gb installed not 4.

The computer will use what it needs, it's not going to use all 8gb of your RAM unless an application demands that much RAM.

yeah sometimes when i use chrome like crazy (100+ tabs open) it shows me i have like 6gb of ram but not more , i had to make chrome eat up 3.8 gigs of ram for that to happen

 

[Dunlop0078]

What shows you have like 6gb of ram? That task manger page is showing you how much RAM you have in use not how much you have installed. Im still confused about what your issue is.

 

[ben changed son]

What shows you have like 6gb of ram? That task manger page is showing you how much RAM you have in use not how much you have installed. Im still confused about what your issue is.

the thing is each time it reaches nearly 4gigs it freezes my pc like crazy even though i have 8gigs and that's really ennoying sometimes , basically each time i open a game or just me going back to desktop while the game is still opened , i mean i want the pc to use all of the ram i put on even if it's useless , i've also tried using the windows+r and typing msconfig and changing maximum ram usage to no limits or 8 gigs . but each time i restart my computer it trolls me and just set it to 3.9 gigs

 

[SkyNetRising]

the thing is each time it reaches nearly 4gigs it freezes my pc

Can you show screenshots from Task Manager - Performance Memory section?
Also Resource Monitor - Memory section?

 

[maziech]

Freezing MAY be caused by stuffed RAM memory, but doesn't have to.

If You are sure it's caused by ram memory: Did You try to run memtest? You should run it on every brick separately.
Post a screenshot first, as @SkyNetRising suggests.

 

[ben changed son]

Can you show screenshots from Task Manager - Performance Memory section?
Also Resource Monitor - Memory section?

https://imgur.com/a/5x65RVN

View: https://imgur.com/a/5x65RVN

oh i see what's the problem now

 

[ben changed son]

so basically the memory percentage is just the percentage of my whole ram that's used . in the task manager in the percentage is just from what's using compared to the total used , am i stupid or did i get that right ?

 

[ben changed son]

Can you show screenshots from Task Manager - Performance Memory section?
Also Resource Monitor - Memory section?

also here are the ressources screenshots took me a while to figure where it was sorry

https://imgur.com/a/ZPWEOYR

View: https://imgur.com/a/ZPWEOYR

 

[SkyNetRising]

567MB is hardware reserved (probably reserved to integrated graphics).
Rest of it 7.4GB is available.

I'd suggest upgrading to 16Gb ram.

 

[ben changed son]

567MB is hardware reserved (probably reserved to integrated graphics).
Rest of it 7.4GB is available.

alright thanks for the help , guess i'll sleep less stupid (french motto ) there was no problem in the first place juste me interpreting the data wrongly , and thanks for everyone else who participated

 

[maziech]

in the task manager in the percentage is just from what's using compared to the total used , am i stupid or did i get that right ?

right.

Try to look for some software, that will test Your memory at full load.
I haven't used something like this last years, so i can't recommend anything. Maybe try this:
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/vijaysk/2012/10/26/tools-to-simulate-cpu-memory-disk-load/ or ask someone for help.

So: 1) memtest + 2) some software that will fully load ram should be the answer.

Google it and do it.

 

[ben changed son]

right.

Try to look for some software, that will test Your memory at full load.
I haven't used something like this last years, so i can't recommend anything. Maybe try this:
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/vijaysk/2012/10/26/tools-to-simulate-cpu-memory-disk-load/ or ask someone for help.

So: 1) memtest + 2) some software that will fully load ram should be the answer.

Google it and do it.

gonna do that right ahead