Tons of Reserved Ram

[John Cena DUH DUH DUH]

Hey guys, so turns out that my 16 Gigs of ram is only able to run about 9 of it. and in the task manager, it says "Hardware Reserved 4.1 Gigabytes". So i was wondering what exactly those 4.1 gigs are doing for my pc and how/if i can reduce that number

Specs if you need them-

16 GIGs DDR3 RAM
AMD FX(tm)-8350 Eight-Core Processor
GTX 970 4GB OC Graphics Card
If you need to know more let me know what i missed

Thanks for the help!

 

[WyomingKnott]

Hmm. See this just in case: http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1694156/hardware-reserved-ram-8gb.html . Most of what I've seen on this topic has to to with memory incompatibility. If I checked correctly, that processor does not have integrated graphics.
One minor bit of arithmetic: You have 12 GB of usable memory, not 9.7. The latter number is just what isn't being used now.
If I were in your position, I would go down to two sticks of memory, being careful to insert them in the correct slots for dual-channel use. Then see if you have the same issue. If you are doing any overclocking, save your settings and go back to the defaults, especially memory speeds.

 

[John Cena DUH DUH DUH]

Hey thanks man, i fixed the problem by opening up my computer, pulling the ram out dusting each one off, and stickin each one in different slots. Booted up, worked just fine. Thanks for the response!