what gives with the usable memory

[aaron6817]

why bother with all the Ram if you can't use it all. I know it has to do with win7 32bit. But come on i have a fresh 8gigs of Gskills and only 3.5 is usable.

What can i do about that do i have to switch to 64bit.

Please help/explain

 

[Realee]

You know the problem.
You know the solution.

Windows 7 32Bit has a limit of ~4Gb RAM (Shared with video)
Windows 7 64Bit has a much MUCH higher limit.

Your license key works with either 32Bit or 64Bit - just source the 64Bit ISO (Digital River provides legitimate, legal ISO files) and install.

 

[S_I_N]

pretty sure license key is keyed to 32 or 64 not both.

OP you can always use that other 4GB as a ramdisk

 

[aaron6817]

only if i knew how

 

[S_I_N]

RAMDISK

 

[Zuzzz]

The same license key IS valid for both 32 or 64 bit version.

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...h-32-bit/70d546cd-b6e3-44d8-a6c8-fd7feb7d1915

Install the 64bit version and youll be able to use all of your RAM. Back up all your personal data as the change will require you to reformat over your old version.

Z

 

[aaron6817]

well i installed the 64bit version is this is what i have

 

[redduc900]

The usable memory may be less than the installed memory on Windows 7-based computers
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/978610

 

[rescuetoaster]

I don't see a GPU listed on your sig, so can I assume you are using integrated graphics? If so, that is what is taking up some of your ram. If you have a discrete card, you should probably disable the iGPU and that may free up the "missing" amount.

I don't have any form of integrated graphics, and the system sees all 16 gigs of ram.

 

[aaron6817]

o ok makes since now,i dont game so i just use on board graphics. All i do really is music and video edit. I may pick up GPU so i can have three monitors.