Why Windows 10 not using all RAM? According to a survey, the hardware reserved memory is often related to an integrated graphics card. In addition, your BIOS can reserve some amount of memory. To fix hardware reserved RAM, the first thing you should do is to check your Windows 10 system is 32 bit or 64 bit. This is because a 32 bit Windows OS can only access 3. If you set the maximum memory too high, you may find a large amount of hardware reserved RAM Windows Here you can follow the steps below to change the settings.
Step 1. Step 2. In the System Configuration window, navigate to the Boot tab, and then select the Operating System from the list and click on Advanced Options. Step 3. Untick the checkbox next to Maximum memory and click on OK to save the change.
Step 4. Now, you can restart the computer and check if the hardware reserved memory Windows 10 issue still persists. Thursday, March 15, PM. Maybe to contact the manufacturer is a better way to figure it out. Monday, March 19, AM. The BIOS settings have not been changed. By manufacturer do you mean the motherboard manufacturer or???
Hope this helps, Gerry. Hope this helps, Gerry The computer manufacturer if you have a notebook; otherwise, the motherboard manufacturer. Monday, March 19, PM. Friday, March 23, AM. Sunday, March 25, PM. Juke Who were you replying to? For you, maybe you need to contact the motherboard manufacturer for assistance. Monday, March 26, AM. This can crowd the physical address space. My Dell has MB hardware reserved on Win7x It's not nearly as bad as your issue, but still annoying.
It would be helpful to know if a tool like memtest which boots and runs without windows can see all of the installed RAM. This would let you know if Windows has even has anything to do with it. As a final thought, you bought it new from a major vendor, you should be able to get a support from them, and ask them about the issue. They can often get to the bottom of this sort of issue much faster than searching around on the internet, and you've already paid for this service.
Edit: this SO question may be related to your issue, and there is another good explanation of the how memory-mapped IO reservations can reduce the usable RAM. Again, this may not be exactly the problem you are facing, but those blogs tell you how you can determine if it is. If you put a pair of memory that designed to work only on channel 1, on channel 2 like I did unknowingly.
I had this same issue and have fixed it on my particular machine. I was showing 4G reserved in HW. Maybe updating BIOS would help? I fixed it by changing the BIOS setting. The naming or menu details may be different in your BIOS, but here's the story in my case.
Under the Advanced settings, go to Advanced Chipset Configuration:. This controls how much of your RAM is reserved for your graphics hardware, and by default may be set to Auto, which will decide an amount based on how much RAM you have installed and—depending on your needs—may reserve far more than necessary:.
I had a similar problem with a Samsung R So in my case that is the limiting factor as 32bit OS will only see 3gb max. Sign up to join this community. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group.
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