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How to Fix Usable Ram Less Than Installed Ram On Windows 11

  • To fix Usable Ram Less Than Installed Ram on windows 10 or 11 computer -> Open Run dialog box and enter msconfig and open system preference -> Click on Boot tab and check the box maximum Memory and allocate the number according to your ram.
  • If you are having 8 gb of ram then allocate 8192 and 16 GB or Ram then allocate 16284 and restart your computer.
  • If your motherboard is not supported or your bios is outdated then you can see usable ram is less than installed as well and you need to install 64 bit or more windows operating system and supported motherboard on your computer.

On your windows 11 computer if you are getting error message regarding ram usage or if you check with ram usage and your windows 11 or 10 computer is using less ram and says “Usable Ram Less Than Installed Ram On Windows 10 or 11” even though you have installed 16gb ram installed only 8gb usable windows 10 ram usage and your windows computer is responding slow with ram usage then you can fix this issue easily, lets see in detail below.

If you get Usable Ram Less Than Installed Ram On Windows 11 or 10 computer then you need to modify your ram usage settings under boot tab and increase the size and still you get this error message and usable ram is less on windows computer then this is due to your BIOS outdated or your motherboard is not supporting on your windows computer.

Fix Usable Ram Less Than Installed Ram On Windows 11

Below methods will help you get rid of  ram usage memory is low or usable memory is less than the installed memory issue.

Step 1: Right click on Windows start button and select Run

Step 2: In Run dialog box -> type in msconfig and hit enter.

Step 3: In System Configuration settings -> Click on Boot tab

Step 4: Click on Advanced Option

Step 5:  In Boot Advanced Options -> Check the box Next Maximum Memory and Change the numbers here -> if you are using 4 gb ram then 1024 * 4 and enter 4096 for 4g ram.

Step 6: if you are using 8gb ram then 1-24 * 8 and enter 8192 and for 16 GB Ram enter 16284 and click on ok and close system configuration windows and restart your windows computer.

That’s it, once you restart your windows computer after changing boot advanced option settings and allocate ram usage here then you will not get any error like Usable Ram Less Than Installed Ram On Windows 11 or 10 computer and ram less usage will be resolved.

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How to Check Installed Memory on your Windows Computer

To check installed memory on your windows computer there are many ways like by giving a simple sysinfo command in your command prompt will show you installed memory and by also windows settings you can check your installed memory usage.

Step 1: Open Windows Search bar type in system and click on About this PC

Step 2: Click on System info on bottom.

Step 3: In About PC you can see installed memory on your windows computer like 4gb, 16 gb and also it displays all information regarding your Windows computer.

16gb ram installed only 8gb usable windows 10

If you are having 16GB Ram installed on your windows computer and windows is using only 8GB usable then you need to go to system configuration settings and select boot tab and change maximum memory usage and allocate the number to 16284 and restart your windows computer.

Windows 10 Only Using Half of Installed RAM

If your windows computer is using only half of your ram installed then you need to know that if you are having 32 bit installed then it will utilize 3.5 GB of Ram and it will not exceed or use more ram and you need to use 64 bit and 84 bit in order to use more ram installed on your PC and make your RAM fully usable Windows 10 before and ram usage will not be fully utilized as well.

Outdated Bios or Mother Board Issues With 8 GB or 16GB of Ram

If you have installed 8gb of ram or 16 GB of ram and ram is not fully usable and Usable Ram Less Than Installed Ram even though after changing system configuration settings in BIOS and Boot menu then your motherboard is not supported with the memory of ram you have installed and also it can be due to outdated BIOS on your windows computer.

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