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Windows 10 Pro says I only have 1.6 GB free ram ( Installed 16gb) ?? in Gigabyte

syilk1

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I recently built a awesome computer but think there is some memory issue. I have upgrated to newest Bios but windows 10 pro says I only have 1.6 available. Am I doing something wrong??
Here are my specs

Windows 8.1 Professional (build 9600)
Install Language: English (United States)
System Locale: English (United States)
Installed: 12/23/2015 4:03:18 PM
Boot Mode: Legacy BIOS in UEFI (Secure Boot not supported) Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
Enclosure Type: Desktop
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
4.00 gigahertz Intel Core i7-6700K
256 kilobyte primary memory cache
1024 kilobyte secondary memory cache
8192 kilobyte tertiary memory cache
64-bit ready
Multi-core (4 total)
Hyper-threaded (8 total) Board: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. Z170X-Gaming 7
Bus Clock: 100 megahertz
UEFI: American Megatrends Inc. F6 12/16/2015
Drives Memory Modules c,d
500.11 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
212.73 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

PLEXTOR DVDR PX-810SA [Optical drive]

Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB [Hard drive] (500.11 GB) -- drive 0, s/n S21HNXAG963628D, rev EMT01B6Q, SMART Status: Healthy
SanDisk Cruzer USB Device (2.00 GB) -- drive 1, s/n 28452211C680D93B, SMART Status: Healthy 1642 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory

Slot 'ChannelA-DIMM0' is Empty
Slot 'ChannelA-DIMM1' has 8192 MB
Slot 'ChannelB-DIMM0' is Empty
Slot 'ChannelB-DIMM1' has 8192 MB


Thanks for any help

absic

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You haven't occidentally installed the 32 bit version of Windows 8.1 have you?
Remember, when all else fails a cup of tea and a good swear will often help! It won't solve the problem but it will make you feel better.

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In case you are wondering why absic asked if you had installed 32 Bit Windows...

http://forum.giga-byte.co.uk/index.php?topic=16887.msg99105#msg99105

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