Windows limiting my memory to 16 GB

[j.nelms1989]

I recently replaced my motherboard with a dual channel motherboard with a RAM limit of 32 GBs

The motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P Ultra Durable

CPU: AMD FX(TM)-8350 Eight-Core Processor (4018.6 MHz)

Installed Memory: 24GB (16GB usable)

OS Version: Microsoft Windows 10 64-bit (Build 17134)
Graphics Card Vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
Graphics Card: GeForce GTX 1060 6GB/PCIe/SSE2
Windows Graphics Driver Version: 23.21.0013.8813

Any ideas on how to fix this?

 

[The Original Ralph]

is your copy of windows the "Home" edition? I don't know about win 10, but in windows 7, the home edition was limited to recognizing 16 gb - never understood that limitation but i had to buy a new copy of win 7 Pro to be able to use my full 32 gb

 

[USAFRet]

Win 10 Home supports up to 128GB RAM.
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10/whats-the-maximum-ram-support-for-windows-10-home/b1078908-1932-4c12-b5fd-bdcd58984333?auth=1

I'm thinking this is a disparity in your RAM config.
Exactly what RAM sticks do you have?

 

[Calvin7]

Installed Memory: 24GB (16GB usable)

That is probably caused by your choice of memory. Whatever that is.

 

[j.nelms1989]

sorry double post

 

[j.nelms1989]

Win 10 Home supports up to 128GB RAM.
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10/whats-the-maximum-ram-support-for-windows-10-home/b1078908-1932-4c12-b5fd-bdcd58984333?auth=1

I'm thinking this is a disparity in your RAM config.
Exactly what RAM sticks do you have?

There are 4 sticks total 8 + 8 and 4 + 4 they are paired by the color-coded slots. IE the 2 8s are in blue slots while the 2 4s are in the black slots.

According to the book the Blue slots are for channel A and the black slots are for channel B.

I have tried MSconfig as well as deleting all of my pagefiles from the performance settings.

 

[USAFRet]

Win 10 Home supports up to 128GB RAM.
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10/whats-the-maximum-ram-support-for-windows-10-home/b1078908-1932-4c12-b5fd-bdcd58984333?auth=1

I'm thinking this is a disparity in your RAM config.
Exactly what RAM sticks do you have?

There are 4 sticks total 8 + 8 and 4 + 4 they are paired by the color-coded slots. IE the 2 8s are in blue slots while the 2 4s are in the black slots.

"Exactly" meant make/model as well.

Often, mixing RAM sticks does not work well. This is why they are sold in specific sets.
8+8 and 4+4 was not sold as a set.

 

[j.nelms1989]

Win 10 Home supports up to 128GB RAM.
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10/whats-the-maximum-ram-support-for-windows-10-home/b1078908-1932-4c12-b5fd-bdcd58984333?auth=1

I'm thinking this is a disparity in your RAM config.
Exactly what RAM sticks do you have?

There are 4 sticks total 8 + 8 and 4 + 4 they are paired by the color-coded slots. IE the 2 8s are in blue slots while the 2 4s are in the black slots.

"Exactly" meant make/model as well.

Often, mixing RAM sticks does not work well. This is why they are sold in specific sets.
8+8 and 4+4 was not sold as a set.

the 2 8s are G Skill RipJaws DDR3 1866 (I think) and the 2 fours are Team Vulcan 8GB DDR3 2400

Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2400 (PC3 19200) Desktop Memory Model TLD38G2400HC11CDC01

G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Desktop Memory Model F3-14900CL10D-16GBXL

 

[USAFRet]

Win 10 Home supports up to 128GB RAM.
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10/whats-the-maximum-ram-support-for-windows-10-home/b1078908-1932-4c12-b5fd-bdcd58984333?auth=1

I'm thinking this is a disparity in your RAM config.
Exactly what RAM sticks do you have?

There are 4 sticks total 8 + 8 and 4 + 4 they are paired by the color-coded slots. IE the 2 8s are in blue slots while the 2 4s are in the black slots.

"Exactly" meant make/model as well.

Often, mixing RAM sticks does not work well. This is why they are sold in specific sets.
8+8 and 4+4 was not sold as a set.

the 2 8s are G Skill RipJaws DDR3 1866 (I think) and the 2 fours are Team Vulcan 8GB DDR3 2400

And that is why. Mixing brand and speed.
Each set works fine on its own, but not all 4 together, correct?

Sadly, that is often the case.

 

[j.nelms1989]

Win 10 Home supports up to 128GB RAM.
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10/whats-the-maximum-ram-support-for-windows-10-home/b1078908-1932-4c12-b5fd-bdcd58984333?auth=1

I'm thinking this is a disparity in your RAM config.
Exactly what RAM sticks do you have?

There are 4 sticks total 8 + 8 and 4 + 4 they are paired by the color-coded slots. IE the 2 8s are in blue slots while the 2 4s are in the black slots.

"Exactly" meant make/model as well.

Often, mixing RAM sticks does not work well. This is why they are sold in specific sets.
8+8 and 4+4 was not sold as a set.

the 2 8s are G Skill RipJaws DDR3 1866 (I think) and the 2 fours are Team Vulcan 8GB DDR3 2400

And that is why. Mixing brand and speed.
Each set works fine on its own, but not all 4 together, correct?

Sadly, that is often the case.

At some point, Windows kicked it down to 12GB which made me think it was like only accessing 2 sticks at a time.

 

[j.nelms1989]

Okay so I bought 2 more Gskill sticks DDR3-1866 8GB each and I have a similar issue 24 usable of 32 GB I tested each stick on it's own and the computer booted fine.