Windows 7 hardware reserved memory way too much!

hi guys,
i've never had this problem before, my windows 7 used to utilize all my ram, since my hdd crashed and i got a new one i bought extra ram, my motherboard can support up to 16gb ram unbuffered, i have a 64bit windows, i updated my bios, yet my windows still
uses only 4gb of my 12gb ram, and i found that the memory reserved for hardware is an astonishing 8gb, i followed all the guidelines i could find on the forums and still can't fix it, i saw that others encountered this problem asswell, how can i fix this?
any pointers or solutions out there? would installing an older version of windows perhaps solve this problem? like xp pro? thanks in advance
ruan

Hi,
The Hardware Reserved memory is reserved for use by the BIOS and some drivers for other peripherals. Therefore, I suggest updating BIOS and all possible devices' driver
from manufacture's site.
I would like you to know the Hardware Reserved memory mostly depends on hardware.
For more information:
Pushing the Limits of Windows: Physical Memory
http://blogs.technet.com/b/markrussinovich/archive/2008/07/21/3092070.aspx
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/978610/en-us
Best Regards,
Niki
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