![4.1GB of Hardware Reserved | When both my ram sticks are in, I should have 8gb but 4.1gb of it is stored as 4.1GB of Hardware Reserved | When both my ram sticks are in, I should have 8gb but 4.1gb of it is stored as](https://preview.redd.it/a8ra40cmf2m11.png?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=18e2fb174a3e013a3c2f5a3713799e0feb8bf279)
4.1GB of Hardware Reserved | When both my ram sticks are in, I should have 8gb but 4.1gb of it is stored as "Hardware Reserved". I took 1 out and saw that
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