I went to Resource Monitor, and Hardware Reserved now shows around 1000MB. After installing the other new RAM stick in Slot 2, the laptop booted up and then voila! Task Manager now shows 16GB. The other remaining RAM stick, I put in Slot 1, and it worked! The laptop booted up properly and 8GB showed (which is correct). Took one, put in Slot 1, power on, no screen, and caps lock light blinks.
Left me with the 2 new RAM sticks to try. Guess what? The old 8GB RAM stick does not work in Slot 1. I was left with trying (again) single RAM in Slot 1 since I have confirmed that single RAM in Slot 2 works. Both RAM sticks are new and of the same make/type/speed.
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Then came the problem: 16GB installed, Windows sees only 8GB.īut after reading through those forum discussions, I took to elimination mode: motherboard is new, and RAM sticks were tested with the mobo. The new RAM sticks came in the standard casing, and it did not occur to me that the placement in Slot 1 or 2 would cause some issues. That was the original RAM stick that came with the laptop.įrom that experience, I bought 2 RAM sticks together with the A12 motherboard, and have requested the seller to test both, fearing that I may not get a compatible RAM later on.
8gb vs 16gb ram tested how to#
How to Increase Dedicated Video RAM (VRAM) in Windows 10īefore I replaced the motherboard (the one that got spoilt after BIOS update), I have had an issue of the 8GB RAM stick not being recognized when installed in Slot 1 it was in Slot 2 (further from the CPU). One if from HP Community, and what answered I learned a lot: There is also the Video RAM Sharing which I suspected, but I believe does not apply to my laptop. Reason? Motherboard defect, RAM stick incompatibility, RAM slots issue, etc. And yes, more than 8GB of RAM is under hardware reserved. I didn't know that, so I checked as instructed. I learned from these discussions about RAM being tagged as Hardware Reserved. Why Task Manager is showing lesser RAM than installed? BIOS shows 16GB of memory but windows only shows 8GB