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New laptop with 6GB of RAM is only using 3GB
My coworker just got a new Windows 10 Dell laptop (64bit with an i5 and 6GB of RAM) and it's running pretty slow. I checked the System Information and it says "Installed Memory (RAM): 6.00GB (3.44GB usable)"
Within the Resource Monitor, the Hardware Reserved RAM is listed at 2624mb of RAM, In Use has 1900mb, Standby has 1500mb, and there is between 100mb and 0mb free.
The system and the processor are both 64-bit. The hard drive is a 500GB ST500LT012-1DG142, so it is 5400RPM.
I went through the msconfig > Boot > Advanced Options troubleshooting that some people find usccessful, but when I first got there, it was already unchecked with a value of zero, so that made me think it took that as no limit. I can check the box and it fills with 6144. I tried restarting after setting that and it rebooted with a value of 2440 or something. I unchecked it again, and rebooted and it's still lagging like it was at square one.
Is there any way to increase the usable RAM so that it can run a little faster? Is the video card or something else hogging more than it needs?