Windows 7 4gb ram installed 3gb usable

Details required :. Cancel Submit. Michelle Vil Microsoft Agent. Hi Roan, Please be informed that hardware components often use some of your internal system memory RAM for themselves. Click Start. Type msconfig in the Search programs and files box, and then click msconfig in the Programs list. In the System Configuration window, click Advanced options on the Boot tab. Click to clear the Maximum memory check box, and then click OK. Restart the computer. Let us know if that worked out for you.

How satisfied are you with this reply? What's new. New posts New profile posts Latest activity. Current visitors New profile posts Search profile posts Billboard Trophies. I have 4gb ram but my computer shows that only 3gb is usable. Here are the specs. Thread starter divyanshgoel Start date Jan 9, Forums Hardware Memory. JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.

Previous Next Sort by votes. Jan 9, 1 0 10, 0. Any help appreciated. Jan 16, 14 0 10, 3. Jun 19, 32, 1, , 6, That would be normal for a bit OS, if you want all 4Gb to be usable you'll need to install a bit OS. Mar 24, 3, 0 21, Use 32bit if there is some special program that don't play nice with 64bit, but most 32bits will also work under a 64bit OS. Mar 19, 0 10, Its because you are using 32 bit version of windows. Thats why its showing you that. Dec 29, 1, 0 20, That's because 32bit windows can't see more than 3.

You can either change to a 64bit version of windows or enable PAE physical address extension. Apr 22, 43, , 9, Actually you should have a bit more than 3GB available. Windows takes up some of that memory as does its housekeeping and the video buffer.

So i have changed my ram from 3 gb to 6 gb with 2 slots, one is 4gb and other 2 gb.. Next of Windows. Microsoft Announces Windows July 15, Please enter your comment! Please enter your name here.