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Not all memory showing in windows please help

Not all memory showing in windows please help

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Schinkenbaum
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09-21-2025, 12:29 PM
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I assembled my initial computer a few days back and checked the system details on Windows, which only displayed 6GB of RAM installed. I installed 8GB, but the problem has persisted for a couple of days and remains unclear. It hasn’t affected me since I haven’t started using Windows yet. The only incident was during an overclock attempt, which caused an immediate crash and required replacing the motherboard. Otherwise, the system has operated normally afterward.
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09-21-2025, 12:29 PM #1

I assembled my initial computer a few days back and checked the system details on Windows, which only displayed 6GB of RAM installed. I installed 8GB, but the problem has persisted for a couple of days and remains unclear. It hasn’t affected me since I haven’t started using Windows yet. The only incident was during an overclock attempt, which caused an immediate crash and required replacing the motherboard. Otherwise, the system has operated normally afterward.

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66babou
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10-08-2025, 04:37 PM
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This feature relies on your processor's integrated GPU, which requires VRAM similar to a dedicated GPU. Because it lacks its own memory, it uses an additional 2GB of system RAM for itself. The required amount can be adjusted in the BIOS settings. Lowering it to 1GB might barely affect gaming performance, and if you're not utilizing the integrated GPU for anything, you can turn it off or reduce its allocation to around 256MB for 2D graphics only.
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66babou
10-08-2025, 04:37 PM #2

This feature relies on your processor's integrated GPU, which requires VRAM similar to a dedicated GPU. Because it lacks its own memory, it uses an additional 2GB of system RAM for itself. The required amount can be adjusted in the BIOS settings. Lowering it to 1GB might barely affect gaming performance, and if you're not utilizing the integrated GPU for anything, you can turn it off or reduce its allocation to around 256MB for 2D graphics only.

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10-08-2025, 05:01 PM
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2GB of system memory is set aside for the video card in the CPU to operate. If you have another GPU installed, this is typical. Usually, the memory reserved for the video chip can be adjusted in the BIOS or Ryzen Master.
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10-08-2025, 05:01 PM #3

2GB of system memory is set aside for the video card in the CPU to operate. If you have another GPU installed, this is typical. Usually, the memory reserved for the video chip can be adjusted in the BIOS or Ryzen Master.

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10-08-2025, 10:04 PM
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Installed RAM should show everything that's installed. If there is hardware reserved RAM, it'll show how much is actually usable separately. So let's see if it's a problem with the current OS install. Two things I'd do are: Boot the computer in a Windows install environment, but instead of installing Windows, select "Repair this computer", selecting the command prompt, and issue the command wmic MEMORYCHIP get BankLabel, DeviceLocator, Capacity, informationSpeed to get RAM information. If this does not match what you have, then the RAM has issues. Boot the computer using a Linux Live Distro on a USB stick and use the command to check for how much RAM is installed (on Debian-based distros at least, it's free -m )
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Freonce
10-08-2025, 10:04 PM #4

Installed RAM should show everything that's installed. If there is hardware reserved RAM, it'll show how much is actually usable separately. So let's see if it's a problem with the current OS install. Two things I'd do are: Boot the computer in a Windows install environment, but instead of installing Windows, select "Repair this computer", selecting the command prompt, and issue the command wmic MEMORYCHIP get BankLabel, DeviceLocator, Capacity, informationSpeed to get RAM information. If this does not match what you have, then the RAM has issues. Boot the computer using a Linux Live Distro on a USB stick and use the command to check for how much RAM is installed (on Debian-based distros at least, it's free -m )

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