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How do I solve the (RAM Usable) problem on Windows 7

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2021-11-15T12:08:14+00:00

How do I solve the (RAM Usable) problem on Windows 7

After I installed Windows 7 64-bit system, then I installed repair packages, Service Pack + and some system updates, but why I have it shows that it is RAM Usable because in my computer I have about 6 GB RAM, but the system did not use all the RAM and also I tried to solve the problem from During System Configuration,

I went to the Boot option and chose my system and the check mark was not activated on the RAM option, but activate it and suddenly it gave me the number or number of my RAM, which is (6144), meaning that it is 6 GB RAM, but after I did these steps and after Rebooting did not solve the problem and I opened System Configuration and found that instead of the RAM used for the system (6144) it only became (2048) I don't know why but I tried the problem but to no avail. Please help and thank you to everyone

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  1. LemP 74,925 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2021-11-15T18:16:28+00:00

    The "BOOT Advanced Options" tab of msconfig seems to be misunderstood by almost everyone who comes here asking for help. UNcheck that box. It does not do what you seem to think it does (or what many misguided Internet "help sites" say it does).

    The settings on the Boot Advanced Options tab are for testing configuration options such as software testing, driver testing, or debugging by disabling processors or memory. The operating system knows what hardware is installed and by default uses it all.

    You do not, in fact, have a "usable RAM problem."

    Even if a hardware device has its own built-in memory (e.g., a video card), Windows has to reserve an "address space" equal to the amount of device memory in order to let the system access and interact with that memory.  That amount is subtracted from the available system memory and is said to be "hardware reserved" and unavailable even though the physical memory is there.

    Click Start, type Resource Monitor, and select the "Memory" tab. You'll see something like this:

    In your system, you have about 110 MB allocated as "Hardware Reserved." That's pretty minimal. There's probably not a lot you can do short of disabling some hardware device, but you can see what's using the memory this way:

    • Open Device Manager (click Start, type Device Manager in the Search box, and press Enter)
    • Click View and select "Resources by connection"
    • Expand the Memory node

    For more detailed discussion of this, see: The usable memory may be less than the installed memory on Windows 7-based computers

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-11-15T14:53:05+00:00

    Make/model of computer? If Dell ( the Dell Service Tag code)

    Did you add to the memory that came on the computer from the factory?

    Exactly, I mean technical description of the RAM added or changed?

    laptop or desktop?

    If desktop, how many RAM slots and exactly which RAM pieces are in which RAM slots?

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