AB350 pro 4 r3 2200g Missing RAM (6.93 out of 8)
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Topic: AB350 pro 4 r3 2200g Missing RAM (6.93 out of 8)
Posted By: WhoYouGonaCall
Subject: AB350 pro 4 r3 2200g Missing RAM (6.93 out of 8)
Date Posted: 26 Mar 2018 at 7:02am
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" rel="nofollow - So I have recently bought new PC, I have installed w10 and have noticed that I have 6.93 GB usable ram out of 8. I know that r3 2200g has integrated vega graphics but I use external graphics card gtx 1050. It seems that APU steals part of my ram. Is there any option to turn it off, or limit to very small value due to i do not need it? If yes please tell me where to find it in bios and how its called. My bios version 4.70 Note that i found in bios primary pcie card and set it to ext GPU, didn not work. Specs: Ryzen 3 2200g MBO: ASROCK AB350 PRO 4 RAM: GOODRAM IDRIUM X 3000mhz 8gb x1 ( second stick is oredered due to fact i did not know that single chanel sucks on raven ridge) BiOS: 4.70 |
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Posted By: wardog
Date Posted: 26 Mar 2018 at 10:57am
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6.93 sounds about right. Press ctrl+alt+delete, select task Manager, select Performance tab, then click Memory at the left. |
Posted By: wardog
Date Posted: 26 Mar 2018 at 10:59am
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And to see what's using that 1.07GB......... With Task Manager open, click Open Resource Monitor on the bottom, then the Memory tab |
Posted By: WhoYouGonaCall
Date Posted: 26 Mar 2018 at 4:17pm
| Well it says that 1,095GB is hardware reserved |
Posted By: kerberos_20
Date Posted: 26 Mar 2018 at 4:49pm
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" rel="nofollow - is your apu disabled? check your device manager either way, there should be in bios settings to disable igpu or to change shared ram Path: Advanced\AMD CBS\NBIO Common Options\GFX Configuration ------------- http://valid.x86.fr/diq4l4" rel="nofollow">  http://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/47132492" rel="nofollow - userbenchmark |
Posted By: WhoYouGonaCall
Date Posted: 26 Mar 2018 at 5:01pm
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In device manager APU was enabled. So i went to bios to given path and in GFX configuration folder, and found there only integrated graphics adapter cotroller, changed AUTO to disabled, saved changes, restarted... and the only thing that has changed is APU is not any more visible in device manager, available ram is still at 6.93GB . Went back to bios but did not find shared ram option. That is propably the clue, but as I said i can not find this option in BIOS. It is not visible at Advanced\AMD CBS\NBIO Common Options\GFX Configuration path |
Posted By: kerberos_20
Date Posted: 26 Mar 2018 at 5:06pm
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Advanced\AMD CBS\NBIO Common Options\GFX Configuration\UMA Mode\UMA_Specified Advanced\AMD CBS\NBIO Common Options\GFX Configuration\UMA Frame Buffer Size check those ------------- http://valid.x86.fr/diq4l4" rel="nofollow"> http://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/47132492" rel="nofollow - userbenchmark |
Posted By: WhoYouGonaCall
Date Posted: 26 Mar 2018 at 5:13pm
| Well, I can not check those, because the only option in GFX configuration is Integrated Graphics Controller, no other subfolders etc |
Posted By: kerberos_20
Date Posted: 26 Mar 2018 at 5:17pm
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well then...u may try to clear cmos ------------- http://valid.x86.fr/diq4l4" rel="nofollow"> http://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/47132492" rel="nofollow - userbenchmark |
Posted By: WhoYouGonaCall
Date Posted: 26 Mar 2018 at 5:21pm
| Well, I have neve did that before, I don't know if that will broke my PC, because i dont know what setting should i set after bios reset. And don't know if this will remove my update 4.70. I think i give my pc to some hardware specialist then |
Posted By: kerberos_20
Date Posted: 26 Mar 2018 at 5:52pm
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bios version will not change reset cmos, and make no changes boot to windows and see if that helps if all ok, feel free to change your bios settings ------------- http://valid.x86.fr/diq4l4" rel="nofollow"> http://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/47132492" rel="nofollow - userbenchmark |
Posted By: Xaltar
Date Posted: 26 Mar 2018 at 6:54pm
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Like Kerberos_20 said, it will not harm your system in any way provided you follow the steps: 1. Power off the system 2. Disconnect power from the wall 3. Press the power button for 5 seconds or so 4. Open the case and locate the clear CMOS jumper 5. Place the jumper in the clear position for a few seconds 6. Restore the jumper to it's original position 7. Put the case back together and power the system back on If you are uncomfortable with this, then by all means take your system to a professional, maybe ask them if you can watch what they do. If you do go ahead with clearing CMOS yourself, let us know what happens after and if it resolved your missing memory issue. If so, we will happily walk you through what settings to change in the BIOS to get the most out of your system  ------------- 
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Posted By: WhoYouGonaCall
Date Posted: 26 Mar 2018 at 7:56pm
| I did not clear cmos but I found buffer ram option, instead of disabling gfx controller i shwitched to forced. And buffer vaule set to 64mb now i have 7.8 from 8gb of ram. Its not 8 but its much better, but i will try clearing cmos anyway but now i have go to work. Bye and thanks ;) |
Posted By: wardog
Date Posted: 27 Mar 2018 at 6:31am
You will not get 8GB free. The system must assign every device it enumerates it's req'd memory aside. |
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