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01-21-2021 10:40 PM
so lately i've been realising that only 2 gb of RAM instead of 8 is avalible when i check Task manager. When i check the memory in 'performance' it says that 3.5/6.9 when i can clearly see that only 1gb/50% of RAM is being used. My BIOS is at the latest version and i've changed the settings in msconfig.
01-22-2021 02:07 PM
The terms "not using" and "not usable" are very different. The second claims that the PC can not use all the memory -- which it should be able to do on a 64-bit version of Windows. The first only indicates how much memory is in use when you check it. Mine only uses about 50% of the memory at any one time.
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01-22-2021 10:53 PM
We're making no progress. What are you looking at in Task Manager?
When I look at mine, it shows 52% of the memory being used -- and that 50% is of the total memory I have installed. That does not mean it can not use the remaining 48%; it just means it is not using it right now.
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