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07-31-2020 11:14 PM
This laptop has dual channel RAM of 8gb but the usable memory is shown 5.9gb and also hardware reserved is 2.1 gb but in my another laptop of lenovo in same window 10 and 8 gb ram showing 7.9gb ram usable and hardware reserved is only 96.5 MB.
Kindly resolve my problem.
08-01-2020 07:37 AM
Hi:
Your notebook is designed that way on purpose. There is no fix.
HP released this document a while back, which explains the memory shortage...
https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c06526774
This seems to only apply to models with AMD Ryzen processors and chipsets.
Info on Microsoft PlayReady.
https://www.microsoft.com/playready/overview/