Hey everyone,

So I recently had a pc meltdown because of a fault hdd.

Got a new hdd and installed w7 successfully. Then ran a dxdiag and the pc is recognsing my GTX770 but declaring its memory at 1708mb.

It's also not recognising one of my ram modules (declaring 4gb when it should be 8gb). I've checked the cards and they seem fine.

Any suggestions? thanks.

Do you run Geforce Experience? What is it reporting the GPU memory at?

Have you gone into the Bios and checked what it reports your RAM at? Reinstall the RAM and run Memtest too to see whats up.

@unilad: Also you installed Windows 7 64 bit right?

oh my god. did i really do that....i think i did.

EDIT: No, I installed 64-bit.

If it's not Windows 7 x64 Basic or Premium the amount of RAM it will allow will be under 8 gigs. That is super unlikely, but just mentioning it just in case.

32 bit only sees up to 4 gigs of RAM.

Have you downloaded all your drivers? many are both specific for the hardware and software you need to check because with the wrong or outdated drivers your RAM and gpu won't detect it.

Expeirence recognising it as 4gb.

@unilad: could you install cpu-z and check what it says about your ram?

Check the memory tab, to see the total amount of memory, and then browse through the slots at the SPD tab to see if it finds all your sticks.