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So I've googled around and tried a lot of stuff to fix this and none of it has worked. Half my RAM is hardware reserved, and I do some image processing of large collections of images, so I need that RAM.
Right now I'm running Windows 7 Home Premium on the following system:
- Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition
- CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.00 GHz
- GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 980
- RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 32 GB (4 x 8 GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-1600C9Q-32GXM
I checked my motherboard's user manual before buying the RAM and it should be compatible.
I've tried going in to advanced boot options under msconfig and looking at maximum memory, and checked on unchecked I have the problem.
I have the latest BIOS updates through MSI.
The BIOS is seeing all 32 GB, as is Resource Monitor and Nvidia's Geforce Experience.
I really don't know what is up. Other posts have had people ask to see screenshots of the resource monitor and the Device Manager's resource by connections window with Memory expanded, so both of those are here:
Entaras
Posted 2016-01-29T17:46:25.657
Reputation: 409
Can you test adding sticks individually and seeing the results in Windows? EG, If you have only 2x8GB added, if it sets 8GB to being hardware reserved? – Jonno – 2016-01-29T17:54:18.100
I haven't yet, if nothing else crops up I'll try that this evening. – Entaras – 2016-01-29T17:56:09.150
3@Entaras : an upgrade to Windows® 10 would be able to solve the licence problem. – user2284570 – 2016-01-30T10:20:37.883
1Sorry for the completely gratuitous comment but man that's a sweet machine. – Tobia Tesan – 2016-01-30T11:50:51.870
@user2284570 Why not Windows 7 Pro? – Tobia Tesan – 2016-01-30T11:52:36.267
1@TobiaTesan : because it wouldn’t be free. – user2284570 – 2016-01-30T11:56:40.487
@user2284570 but it would be cheap, you can scounge up a legit copy for 50 bucks on eBay. If OP's workflow is Windows 7-centered it might make more sense - less surprises. – Tobia Tesan – 2016-01-30T11:59:10.603
@TobiaTesan : Not for legit : copies aren’t for reselling. I’m also not sure if upgrading is possible in that case (unlike the Windows 10 solution). So a fresh install would be necessary. As the ᴏᴘ need performance for image processing, He might need latest directcompute in the future (Windows 10 again). – user2284570 – 2016-01-30T12:00:00.200
@user2284570 I mean shrink-wrapped (=actually legit) copies :) – Tobia Tesan – 2016-01-30T13:34:52.093
@TobiaTesan : before the iso age, their were physical copies shipped by Microsoft. And they were always written
not for resaleon them. At least this is what I remember. – user2284570 – 2016-01-30T19:32:29.033Yes: legit, shrinkwrapped, not opened, not NFR, not (insert condition that might cast doubt over the legitimacy of such a copy here) *retail* copies of Windows can be had for cheap on eBay and elsewhere. I really hope this is sufficient disambiguation :) – Tobia Tesan – 2016-01-30T20:30:28.670
1@TobiaTesan: I guess people forget that MS sell Windows in boxes in stores because they assume that it always comes free with your PC. – slebetman – 2016-01-31T00:01:57.713
Can I put more than 16 GB of RAM to use with Windows 7 Home Premium? – phuclv – 2016-01-31T08:01:11.847
The title seems to be cut... – Andrew T. – 2016-01-31T09:13:52.203
@TobiaTesan I've seen shrink wrapped counterfeits with keys that started failing a week or two after installing. – David Schwartz – 2016-02-01T18:40:44.293