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Issue with RAM hardware allocation Problem involving memory controller or chip configuration

Issue with RAM hardware allocation Problem involving memory controller or chip configuration

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banshee45
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08-08-2018, 03:50 AM
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Today I tried to open Lightroom and it slowed my computer to a crawl, I opened task manager to see what was going on and realised that my ram was almost full from. During this I noticed that even though I have 16GB of ram installed and task manager reported this in the top right it showed elsewhere that I had only 8GB of ram available as the rest was hardware reserved and it was running at 2400mhz instead of the speed I set it to. I looked into what was using ram more deeply and confirmed that this was the case. I then began troubleshooting by removing the sticks of ram trying them in multiple configurations to determine whether or not it was a failure of ram or motherboard. The first thing I did was simply reseat it and boot the same issue occurred it would boot into windows and bios showing 16gb detected but 8gb reserved and no matter what the jdac base speed. from there I tried with just one stick, in each of the slots and switched between the sticks. In these configurations any attempt to move to the secondary slots the system would boot loop, but both sticks in the primary slots worked and booted. At first the individual sticks would only boot in the right most slot, with one stick being able to be ran at 3200Mhz, then the second to the left slot also worked after trial and error, also with one stick working at 3200Mhz. I then retried in these slots individually and all of a sudden both began to run at 3200Mhz. After that I tried both of them in the primary slots and all of a sudden they are both booting successfully at 3200Mhz with the hardware reserved ram issue gone from task manager. I am unsure whether or not this issue is temporarily or permanently resolved and would like help to determine, and also help to determine the source of the issue if it needs replacing. Hardware: (No OC on hardware besides XMP on ram) CPU: Ryzen 5 2600 GPU: Sapphire RX 580 Nitro+ RAM: HyperX Predator 2x8GB 3200MHz CL16 MOBO: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX Cooler: Noctua nh-d15 chromax.black PSU: Corsair TX 750m SSD: Patriot Viper m.2 VPN100 256GB HDD:WDC WDEZEX-22MFCA0 1TB WIFI Card: TP-Link Archer TX50E OS: Win 10 Pro x64 21H1 19043.1889 BIOS: 7C02v3B Chipset: 3.10.08.506 GPU Driver: 22.5.1
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08-08-2018, 03:50 AM #1

Today I tried to open Lightroom and it slowed my computer to a crawl, I opened task manager to see what was going on and realised that my ram was almost full from. During this I noticed that even though I have 16GB of ram installed and task manager reported this in the top right it showed elsewhere that I had only 8GB of ram available as the rest was hardware reserved and it was running at 2400mhz instead of the speed I set it to. I looked into what was using ram more deeply and confirmed that this was the case. I then began troubleshooting by removing the sticks of ram trying them in multiple configurations to determine whether or not it was a failure of ram or motherboard. The first thing I did was simply reseat it and boot the same issue occurred it would boot into windows and bios showing 16gb detected but 8gb reserved and no matter what the jdac base speed. from there I tried with just one stick, in each of the slots and switched between the sticks. In these configurations any attempt to move to the secondary slots the system would boot loop, but both sticks in the primary slots worked and booted. At first the individual sticks would only boot in the right most slot, with one stick being able to be ran at 3200Mhz, then the second to the left slot also worked after trial and error, also with one stick working at 3200Mhz. I then retried in these slots individually and all of a sudden both began to run at 3200Mhz. After that I tried both of them in the primary slots and all of a sudden they are both booting successfully at 3200Mhz with the hardware reserved ram issue gone from task manager. I am unsure whether or not this issue is temporarily or permanently resolved and would like help to determine, and also help to determine the source of the issue if it needs replacing. Hardware: (No OC on hardware besides XMP on ram) CPU: Ryzen 5 2600 GPU: Sapphire RX 580 Nitro+ RAM: HyperX Predator 2x8GB 3200MHz CL16 MOBO: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX Cooler: Noctua nh-d15 chromax.black PSU: Corsair TX 750m SSD: Patriot Viper m.2 VPN100 256GB HDD:WDC WDEZEX-22MFCA0 1TB WIFI Card: TP-Link Archer TX50E OS: Win 10 Pro x64 21H1 19043.1889 BIOS: 7C02v3B Chipset: 3.10.08.506 GPU Driver: 22.5.1

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FantasyMeow
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08-08-2018, 10:06 AM
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Explore this resource for insights: https://www.quora.com/What-is-hardware-reserved-RAM
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08-08-2018, 10:06 AM #2

Explore this resource for insights: https://www.quora.com/What-is-hardware-reserved-RAM

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