Hi all,
I have an ASUS G501VW (few years old now) that came with a single stick of 8gb RAM installed. I wanted to see if installing some more RAM could speed up the process.
I have installed a single (as there is only a single slot) 16GB DDR4 RAM stick however the BIOS is still only showing 8gb of RAM installed. CPU-Z Iis recognising the ram stick as a 16gb RAM.
My question is do I have to do something to get the computer recognising the RAM as 16gb?
I have:
I am assuming it's not a problem with the RAM stick because my computer is still working with it installed and only one can be installed!
Any help or ideas would be appreciated.
Thanks
I have an ASUS G501VW (few years old now) that came with a single stick of 8gb RAM installed. I wanted to see if installing some more RAM could speed up the process.
I have installed a single (as there is only a single slot) 16GB DDR4 RAM stick however the BIOS is still only showing 8gb of RAM installed. CPU-Z Iis recognising the ram stick as a 16gb RAM.
My question is do I have to do something to get the computer recognising the RAM as 16gb?
I have:
- Updated the BIOS
- Checked that the motherboard can handle 16GB (before buying the new RAM
I am assuming it's not a problem with the RAM stick because my computer is still working with it installed and only one can be installed!
Any help or ideas would be appreciated.
Thanks