I looked high and low and found nothing in the BIOS for Advance Chipset Configuration. Even so, when I had 4GB of memory, it was all usable, nothing reserved for hardware/GPU.

Thanks, I've tried both fail-safe and optimized defaults for the BIOS. I've also re-flashed the latest BIOS which I was already on. I even flashed to a newer beta BIOS that was available but it...

I'm not very savvy so I've attached the page from the manual discussing this. Can't tell if it would only allow two slots.

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Is this normal or does it indicate bad memory slots?

Yes, I removed the CPU but that was after I started experiencing the issue to see if I had any bent pins. I didn't see any bent pins. I took come pics... Dropbox - CPU

When I use one DIMM in DDR3_1 or DDR3_3, the computer won't even boot up.
When I use one DIMM in DDR3_2 or DDR3_4, the computer boots up.

I ran "Speccy" diagnostic on the memory in below is a screenshot. You can see from the numbers which are the pairs. Anything in the number discrepancy between the pairs that would cause an issue....

I checked the CPU and MB pins and they look good to me. I've uploaded some pics to dropbox at the link below because I wanted to include the original high-res pics. Please let me know if you see...

I have a dedicated graphics card and see nothing in BIOS where I can verify its not being shared by graphics card. BIOS only recognizes the "usable" memory that Windows detects, not the "installed"...

Thanks for the response, I've uploaded the reports to my dropbox: Dropbox - RWX

I'm starting to suspect this since I've tried everything else. So Windows would recognize the 8GB installed even though the pins are bent? I figured if the pins are bent, it would only recognize...

I have a 64-bit windows 10 desktop with 4GB (2x2GB) of memory that I built about nine years ago. A week ago I purchased more memory (2x2GB) of the same brand/model/specs to bring the total up to...

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The screenshot above is from Outlook.com
I'm referring to the number circled in red that shows the total number of emails in my inbox regardless of its read status.
I'm hoping the mail app...

davidhk, thank you for the response. I'm actually looking for the total number of emails in my inbox vs unread mail which is what your screeenshot shows.

Is there a way to see an email count in the mail app? For example, when I'm in my inbox, how can I tell the total number of email in the inbox. I've just switched from Windows Live Mail (which is...

Thanks mate, I have since resolved to using AOMEI for my backups.

I'm setting up a file backup on Win 10 Pro. Under the backup settings there is the "Back up these folders" section. I have a total of five folders I want to backup so I keep removing all the...

Thanks everyone!

The backup and restore option says Windows 7. Does it apply to Win 10 as well?

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Thanks coderwolf! I forgot about that. Yes, during initial setup I sign-in w/my microsoft account. After things are setup, I switch to a local account.

I ask because even though a clean install, some of the OS settings from my previous install carried over. Additionally, I had a picture that I personally took as my wallpaper and even that carried...

I'm referring to data such as pictures, music, ms office files, etc.

That said, if there's a way to backup an image of the whole things (including OS), I'd like to explore that as well. But I'm...

When I was on Win 7, I used Norton Security Suite that included backup tools that I used to backup all my data. I'm now on Win 10 and have decided to use the MS security tools instead of Norton (not...

Thanks, I tried all the reset/troubleshooting options but kept getting the error below so I just decided to do a clean install. I keep the OS/programs on a separate partition than my data so it...

Thanks for your help, Brink. I ended up doing a clean install and am rolling again.