I have 2 2gb RAM cards and a completely updated MSI motherboard. I don't need more than 4gb for my use and haven't had a problem until recently when the amount of hardware reserved memory about doubled. I have taken the suggestions of about a half dozen
experts, using the msconfig unclicking of Maximum Memory, going into regedit and changing the 0 to a 1 in the Memory Management section, switching my RAM cards, and my RAM is still stuck at 2166 gb. There is no memory mapping option on my motherboard. I have
4gb installed but only 1.45gb usable, and that's just not enough.
What's extra strange is that it wasn't like this until recently, and, I believe that when I updated one of the drivers, it changed the hardware reserved amount. What happens when every method to fix this problem doesn't fix the problem in my case and why is it not working for me when the problem seems to be resolved by one or the other of the above mentioned fixes for others? My next step is to try to change the amount of memory being reserved the graphics card, because I have read that it's usually the graphics driver that reserves extra memory.
Do you have any other suggestions? I do have my Windows 7 completely updated and all my drivers are also updated to the most current versions. Thank you.
What's extra strange is that it wasn't like this until recently, and, I believe that when I updated one of the drivers, it changed the hardware reserved amount. What happens when every method to fix this problem doesn't fix the problem in my case and why is it not working for me when the problem seems to be resolved by one or the other of the above mentioned fixes for others? My next step is to try to change the amount of memory being reserved the graphics card, because I have read that it's usually the graphics driver that reserves extra memory.
Do you have any other suggestions? I do have my Windows 7 completely updated and all my drivers are also updated to the most current versions. Thank you.
