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Quick question please help!
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I just bought a new desktop and it has 4gb of ram stock, so i bought another 4gb ram stick, the right compatible one, but when i check my system to see my ram it shows up 8.00 but it says (only 4gb useable) how do i make it so all 8 is available? i alread did the msconfig thing and that didnt work
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Is your OS 64 or 32 bit?
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Like Sys asked above, you may have a 32-bit system as it's only using 4GB of memory.
To tell this go to Control Panel > System & Security > System
You should see the OS 32/64-bit under your installed memory.
To tell this go to Control Panel > System & Security > System
You should see the OS 32/64-bit under your installed memory.
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