Question WHY WINDOOOWS??

[bigboilegendary]

When I got my laptop it had Win 8.1 installed. Showed only 3.68GB RAM usable but when I installed all GPU drivers also for Nvidia I got it resolved.. Showed 4GB.. Then I upgraded to WIN 10, no probs... And now I got the same problem again.. I understand that I have fixed 64MB to intel gpu, however back then it showed me 4GB, now it shows 4GB (3.89GB usable).. Please help me get this resolved.

 

[COLGeek]

Does your system only have 4GB of memory installed? If so, this is normal. Some memory is reserved for hardware/device management. You are losing nothing.

If you have more than 4GB of memory installed, are you using a 32-bit version of Windows? 32-bit operating systems can only use 4GB of memory. In this scenario, you would have to install a 64-bit operating system to access the memory beyond 4GB.

 

[bigboilegendary]

Does your system only have 4GB of memory installed? If so, this is normal. Some memory is reserved for hardware/device management. You are losing nothing.

If you have more than 4GB of memory installed, are you using a 32-bit version of Windows? 32-bit operating systems can only use 4GB of memory. In this scenario, you would have to install a 64-bit operating system to access the memory beyond 4GB.

Well, I do have like both? I mean system is 64bit but also whows x86 program files. The problem is before I was able to install only 64bit, but now windows doesnt even ask and installs both.. Its really bugging me because since I dont ahve full 4GB steam for example doesnt allow me to run certain games. It says I dont meet minimum req., tho' with 4GB before I was able to run those games..

 

[COLGeek]

64-bit windows can run both 32-bit and 64-bit programs. That is not an issue.

Adding more physical memory is what you need, it seems.

 

[bigboilegendary]

64-bit windows can run both 32-bit and 64-bit programs. That is not an issue.

Adding more physical memory is what you need, it seems.

No, because when I had those whole 4GB, and even in BIOS 64MB was still preallocated to intel gpu everything worked and games didnt show that i dont meet minimum req.

 

[COLGeek]

No, because when I had those whole 4GB, and even in BIOS 64MB was still preallocated to intel gpu everything worked and games didnt show that i dont meet minimum req.

Understood. But you can't recover that small amount of memory as it is reserved by the OS to manage devices.

What is the make/model of your laptop? Adding memory should resolve this completely.

 

[bigboilegendary]

Understood. But you can't recover that small amount of memory as it is reserved by the OS to manage devices.

What is the make/model of your laptop? Adding memory should resolve this completely.

Its from 2015,
ASUS K555LN-XO172H

 

[COLGeek]

This memory (or compatible) should do the trick. That is for a very similar model laptop.

https://www.crucial.com/usa/en/compatible-upgrade-for/ASUS/x555la

 

[bigboilegendary]

Aight, thanks, gon' get it and if i still see some 7.89GB usable im gon' switch to Linux.