Overclocked pc has one ram stick usuable

theliltank4901

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i have a pc that i just overclocked not too long ago stable at 4.1 or 4.2 according to aida 64.
mobo A970 g46
cpu amd 6300
gpu gtx 970
ram corsair vengence DDR3 1600MHz
My computer says 7.96 usable but in task manager its seeing the whole 16 GB. using slots 2 and 4 going from left to right because of my cpu cooler is blocking slot 1.

Some people have been saying the ram is in a reserved state? Everything was working fine till now that i noticed!
 
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This is a common issue, and theres a bunch of things that could cause this, You need to work through the following:

1. All Ram is seated in the slots completely. Pop it out, push it back in, make sure its solidly engaged and clipped in
2. Bent pins on CPU (unlikely because it worked before, I would not check for this until last because of that)
3. in BIOS memory settings turn on or enable memory remap if available
4. Go to Run in windows, run "msconfig" click on "boot" then "Advanced" make sure "number of processors" is unchecked and "maximum memory" is unchecked.
5. Consider backing off the overclock as well before checking CPU pins. The overclock may cause it when the ram is pushed forward.

Try all these things first, one of them...

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This is a common issue, and theres a bunch of things that could cause this, You need to work through the following:

1. All Ram is seated in the slots completely. Pop it out, push it back in, make sure its solidly engaged and clipped in
2. Bent pins on CPU (unlikely because it worked before, I would not check for this until last because of that)
3. in BIOS memory settings turn on or enable memory remap if available
4. Go to Run in windows, run "msconfig" click on "boot" then "Advanced" make sure "number of processors" is unchecked and "maximum memory" is unchecked.
5. Consider backing off the overclock as well before checking CPU pins. The overclock may cause it when the ram is pushed forward.

Try all these things first, one of them is your cure.....
 
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